dictionary definitions for "breakfast"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  breakfast
      n : the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
      v 1: eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"
      2: provide breakfast for

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breakfast \Break"fast\, n. [Break + fast.]
     1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the
        first meal.
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              A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. --Shak.
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     2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
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              The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.]
     To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in
     the day.
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           First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. t.
     To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
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