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Definitions for Bread

[1] a 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.
[2] food or sustenance; livelihood: to earn one's bread.
[3] Slang . money.
[4] Ecclesiastical . the wafer or bread used in a Eucharistic service.
[5] Cookery . to cover with breadcrumbs or meal.
[6] break bread , to eat a meal, especially in companionable association with others. to distribute or participate in Communion.
[7] cast one's bread upon the waters , to act generously or charitably with no thought of personal gain.
[8] know which side one's bread is buttered on , to be aware of those things that are to one's own advantage.
[9] take the bread out of someone's mouth , to deprive someone of livelihood.
[10] 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
[11] necessary food; nourishment give us our daily bread
[12] a slang word for money
[13] Christianity a small loaf, piece of bread, or wafer of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist
[14] bread and circuses something offered as a means of distracting attention from a problem or grievance
[15] break bread See break (def. 46)
[16] cast one's bread upon the waters to do good without expectation of advantage or return
[17] to know which side one's bread is buttered to know what to do in order to keep one's advantages
[18] take the bread out of someone's mouth to deprive someone of a livelihood
[19] (tr) to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking breaded veal

Words related to Bread

cabbage, dough, feed, fare, nourishment, provisions, grub, aliment, provender, nutriment, diet, sustenance, subsistence, nurture, victuals, viands, shingle, necessities, scratch, cash

Words nearby Bread

breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of the peace, breach of trust, bread, bread and butter, bread and circuses, bread and honey, bread flour, bread knife

Origin of Bread

before 950; 1950–55 for def 3 ; Middle English breed, Old English brēad fragment, morsel, bread; cognate with German Brot

Words that may be confused with Bread

bread, bred

Other words from Bread

bread·less , adjective
bread·less·ness , noun
un·bread·ed , adjective

Word origin for Bread

Old English brēad ; related to Old Norse braud , Old Frisian brād , Old High German brōt

Synonyms for Bread

aliment, comestibles, diet, fare, feed, grub, necessities, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, shingle, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals, bed and board, staff of life