toast/woo
22/02/2013 10:31
Toast as verb means
(used with object)
1. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.
2. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire: She toasted her feet at thefireplace.
3. to propose or drink a toast.
Woo means
verb (used with object)
2.
to seek to win: to woo fame.
3.
to invite (consequences, whether good or bad) by one's ownaction; court: to woo one's own destruction.
4.
to seek to persuade (a person, group, etc.), as to dosomething; solicit; importune. Synonyms: petition, sue,address, entreat; butter up.
verb (used without object)
5.
to seek the affection or love of someone, usually a woman;court: He was reminded of his youth when he went wooing.
6.
to solicit favor or approval; entreat: Further attempts to wooproved useless.
N..B.
It is wrong to say: I am toasting the lady. or The guy used to be my toaster
Rather say:
I am wooing the lady. or The guy once wooed me.
A toaster is that device used to turn bread or cheese brown after being exposed to heat.