1 C1 informal
To heat bread or a similar food until it is warm, crisp, or browned.
"Pop those buns in the oven and toast them up before you add the fillings."
separable
toast up
C1 informal separable transitive
To heat or brown something thoroughly using dry heat, often a grill, oven, or fire.
In plain English
To heat something until it is warm, brown, or crispy.
What does "toast up" mean?
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
2 C1 idiomatic informal
To warm oneself thoroughly in front of a source of heat.
"The children toasted themselves up by the fire after coming in from the snow."
separable
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To toast something all the way through or up to a desired state.
Actually means
To heat something until it is warm, brown, or crispy.
Usage tip
Relatively informal and mainly used in cooking contexts. Less common than simply saying 'toast'. The 'up' adds a sense of completion or thoroughness. Also occasionally used in the sense of warming oneself by a fire.
Words that pair with "toast up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
bread bun marshmallow sandwich yourself hands
How to conjugate "toast up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
toast up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
toasts up
he/she/it
Past simple
toasted up
yesterday
Past participle
toasted up
have + pp
-ing form
toasting up
continuous
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