toasting

To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

“We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.”

To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster

“Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.”

To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.

“We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.”

To warm thoroughly.

“I toasted my feet by the fire.”

To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

The action of making a toast (celebratory call to drink).

The heating of oak panels used to make wine barrels.

The process by which something, such as bread, is toasted.