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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bread /brɛd/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Fooda food made of baked dough and containing flour, water or milk, and yeast:Buy two loaves of bread at the store.
- food as a requirement of staying alive;
livelihood: to earn one's bread. - Slang TermsSlang. money:I had no bread and no way of getting a job.
v. [~ + object] - Foodto coat (meat, etc.) with breadcrumbs for cooking:Bread the veal thoroughly.
Idioms- Idioms break bread, to eat a meal, esp. with others:They sat down and broke bread.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bread (bred),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- food or sustenance;
livelihood:to earn one's bread. - [Slang.]money.
- [Eccles.]the wafer or bread used in a Eucharistic service.
- Idioms break bread:
- to eat a meal, esp. in companionable association with others.
- to distribute or participate in Communion.
- Idioms cast one's bread upon the waters, to act generously or charitably with no thought of personal gain.
- Idioms know which side one's bread is buttered on, to be aware of those things that are to one's own advantage.
- Idioms take the bread out of someone's mouth, to deprive someone of livelihood.
v.t. - Food[Cookery.]to cover with breadcrumbs or meal.
- bef. 950; 1950–55 for def. 3; Middle English breed, Old English brēad fragment, morsel, bread; cognate with German Brot
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bread /brɛd/ n - a food made from a dough of flour or meal mixed with water or milk, usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- necessary food; nourishment
- a slang word for money
- cast one's bread upon the waters ⇒ to do good without expectation of advantage or return
- to know which side one's bread is buttered ⇒ to know what to do in order to keep one's advantages
- take the bread out of someone's mouth ⇒ to deprive someone of a livelihood
vb - (transitive) to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking
Etymology: Old English brēad; related to Old Norse braud, Old Frisian brād, Old High German brōt |