英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Toadies
(pl. )
of Toady
Toadish
(a.)
Like a toad.
Toadlet
(n.)
A small toad.
Toadstone
(n.)
A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire,
England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein,
meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.
Toadstone
(n.)
Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and
worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.
Toadstool
(n.)
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of
the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on
decaying organic matter.
Toady
(n.)
A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Toady
(n.)
A coarse, rustic woman.
Toady
(v. t.)
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
Toadying
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toady
Toadyism
(n.)
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base
sycophancy; servile adulation.
Toast
(v. t.)
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast
bread.
Toast
(v. t.)
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
Toast
(v. t.)
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink
to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.
Toast
(v.)
Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices;
also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into
milk, gravy, etc.
Toast
(v.)
A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to
drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor,
as a great delicacy.
Toast
(v.)
Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in
honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated;
a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.
Toasted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Toast
Toaster
(n.)
One who toasts.
Toaster
(n.)
A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.