breakfast
verb
- eat breakfast
noun
- first meal eaten in the early morning
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”).
- 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.”
- A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
“We serve breakfast all day.”
- The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
- 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”).
- 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![…]””
- To serve breakfast to.
“By seven-thirty she had breakfasted them, provided each with a packed lunch and Thermoses of coffee and tea”