Hypertext Webster Gateway: "breakfast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breakfast \Break"fast\, n. [Break + fast.]
1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the
first meal.
A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. --Shak.
2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. t.
To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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
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