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
Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026
The bagel setting toasts the sliced inside of your bagel without burning the outside.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Law Roach and Gayle King are a colorful duo as Tory Burch toasts Emma Grede and the Debut of her book, Start with Yourself on April 14 in New York.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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
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
Later still, Mubi and Plan B Entertainment’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma—directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson—toasts its premiere with Up Provence until the early hours of the morning.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026
The bagel setting toasts the sliced inside of your bagel without burning the outside.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Law Roach and Gayle King are a colorful duo as Tory Burch toasts Emma Grede and the Debut of her book, Start with Yourself on April 14 in New York.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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
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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Storms may fade Friday morning, then redevelop later in the afternoon if skies clear and the air heats back up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Basic rice cookers use a simple bottom-heating plate that heats from below, making the bottom cook faster than the top.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Each year, a different brother played Paddy, lying in the coffin, where he was roasted by a series of mock eulogies.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Across social media and news stories, there are countless eulogies that spotlight his humility, integrity and vision.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This full-moon experience is designed to calm and restore, compliments of the night sky.—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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This new flight compliments Aero's growing route network, which currently includes several popular vacation destinations like Aspen, Maui, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, and Sun Valley.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Visitors can enjoy traditional dance and music (including choir concerts inside the cathedral), cathedral tours, cooking demos and tributes.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 June 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 12 Jun. 2026.
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