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Breakfast : (noun) 1: the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
(verb) 1: eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"
2: provide breakfast for
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Breakfast : \Break"fast\, v. t.
To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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