as in heats
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
come over and toast your toes by the fire
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Recent Examples of toasts
Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
The couple toasts to their happy relationship.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
As the night ends in the graveyard, the family toasts Ángel with mezcal.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Today, Olde Colony toasts the benne seeds in industrial ovens before folding them into the dough.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
Netflix Sunset Tower The streamer toasts its Oscar nominees, including the teams behind Frankenstein, Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters, at the Saturday celebration.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
The couple toasts to their happy relationship.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
As the night ends in the graveyard, the family toasts Ángel with mezcal.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Today, Olde Colony toasts the benne seeds in industrial ovens before folding them into the dough.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toasts
Verb
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This example model contains an optional wood-burning cookstove, which both heats the home and has an integrated oven and a cooktop ring.—
Adam Williams
March 24,
New Atlas,
24 Mar. 2026
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Without tectonic plates, the moon's tremors are driven by tidal forces from Earth, meteorite impacts and extreme temperature swings as the lunar surface heats and cools.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Among the thousands who attended the service Friday were former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, all of whom delivered eulogies.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers from across the South, including members of Congress, would give eulogies in his honor.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wishing you all a weekend of sweet obsessions, sour peps, and accepted compliments.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The evening will feature educational programs, patriotic tributes and musical entertainment to mark the occasion.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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The exaggerated, humorous tributes to his legendary toughness started in the early 2000s and went viral.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Most of WristbandGuy’s, by contrast, were cheeky encomiums to the pleasures of jacking off with your friends.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Toasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toasts. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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