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breakfast

verb

  1. eat breakfast
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noun

  1. first meal eaten in the early morning
L3986 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛk.fəst/ / /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ / /ˈbreɪkˌfɑːst/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).

  1. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

    You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.

    I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.

  2. A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

    We serve breakfast all day.

  3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
  4. A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

    The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).

  1. To eat the morning meal.

    May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard Esq. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.

    “Oh, he set off the moment he had breakfasted![…]”

  2. To serve breakfast to.

    By seven-thirty she had breakfasted them, provided each with a packed lunch and Thermoses of coffee and tea