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bread  (brd)

n.

1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.

2.

a. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life: "If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second" (Edward Bellamy).

b. Something that nourishes; sustenance: "My bread shall be the anguish of my mind" (Edmund Spenser).

3.

a. Means of support; livelihood: earn one's bread.

b. Slang Money.

tr.v. bread·ed, bread·ing, breads

To coat with bread crumbs, as before cooking: breaded the fish fillets.

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[Middle English, from Old English brad; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 3b, possibly from Cockney rhyming slang bread and honey.]

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bread [brɛd]

n

1. (Cookery) 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

2. necessary food; nourishment give us our daily bread

3. a slang word for money

4. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a small loaf, piece of bread, or wafer of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist

bread and circuses something offered as a means of distracting attention from a problem or grievance

break bread See break [46]

cast one's bread upon the waters to do good without expectation of advantage or return

to know which side one's bread is buttered to know what to do in order to keep one's advantages

take the bread out of (someone's) mouth to deprive (someone) of a livelihood

vb

(Cookery) (tr) to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking breaded veal

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bread - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked breadstuff, staff of life starches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain baked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven anadama bread - a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses bap - a small loaf or roll of soft bread barmbrack - a rich currant cake or bun bread-stick, breadstick - a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup Boston brown bread, brown bread - dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water bun, roll - small rounded bread either plain or sweet caraway seed bread - bread containing caraway seeds challah, hallah - (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking cinnamon bread - bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins cracked-wheat bread - bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine cracker - a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet crouton - a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads brown bread, dark bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread - bread made with whole wheat flour English muffin - round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten flatbread - any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough garlic bread - French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven gluten bread - bread made with gluten flour Host - a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion loaf, loaf of bread - a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating matzah, matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread - brittle flat bread eaten at Passover naan, nan - leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop onion bread - bread containing finely minced onions raisin bread - bread containing raisins quick bread - breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking rye bread - any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour salt-rising bread - white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp simnel - a crisp bread of fine white flour sour bread, sourdough bread - made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active toast - slices of bread that have been toasted wafer - thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) light bread, white bread - bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
	2.	bread - informal terms for money             boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, cabbage, sugar, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
Verb	1.	bread - cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

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bread

noun

1. food, provisions, fare, necessities, subsistence, kai (N.Z. informal), nourishment, sustenance, victuals, nutriment, viands, aliment I go to work, I put bread on the table, I pay the mortgage.

2. (Slang) money, funds, cash, finance, necessary (informal), silver, tin (slang), brass (Northern English dialect), dough (slang), dosh (Brit. & Austral. slang), needful (informal), shekels (informal), wonga (slang), dibs (slang), ackers (slang), spondulicks (slang), rhino (Brit. slang) a period in which you could earn your bread by the sweat of your brow

Breads

bagel or beigel, baguette, bap, barm cake (dialect), barmbrack (Irish), barm cake (Lancashire), batch loaf, billy-bread (N.Z.), black bread, bloomer, bridge roll, brioche, brown bread, loaf, or roll, bun, buttery (Scot.), challah or hallah, chapati or chapatti, ciabatta, cob, coburg, corn bread, corn pone, or Indian bread (U.S.), cottage loaf, croissant, damper (Austral.), farmhouse, focaccia, French bread, French stick, fruit loaf, Granary (trademark), gluten bread, griddlebread, half-quartern, johnny cake, long tin, matzo, matzoh, matza, or matzah, muffin, naan or nan, pan bread or loaf (Scot.), paratha, pitta, plain bread or loaf (Scot.), plait, poppadom or poppadum, pumpernickel, puri, quartern, roll, roti, rye bread or rye, schnecken, soda bread, sourdough, split tin, square tin, stollen, tortilla, unleavened bread, wheaten bread, white bread, loaf, or roll, wholemeal or (esp. U.S. & Canad.) whole-wheat

Translations

bread [bred]

A. N

1. (= food) → pan m
white/brown/rye/wholemeal bread → pan m blanco/moreno/de centeno/integral
bread and butter → pan m con mantequilla (fig) (= living) → pan de cada día
to be on bread and water → estar a pan y agua
the bread and wine (Rel) → el pan y el vino
to break bread with → sentarse a la mesa con
to cast one's bread on the waters → hacer el bien sin mirar a quién
to earn one's daily bread → ganarse el pan
to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) → saber dónde aprieta el zapato
to take the bread out of sb's mouth → quitar el pan de la boca de algn
man cannot live by bread alone → no sólo de pan vive el hombre
see also bread-and-butter

2. (= money) → pasta f, lana f (LAm) , plata f (LAm)

B. CPD bread grains NPL → granos mpl panificables
bread pudding N → pudín m de leche y pan

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bread [ˈbrɛd]

n → pain m
brown bread → pain m complet
white bread → pain m blanc
to know which side one's bread is buttered, to know which side one's bread is buttered on → savoir où est son intérêt
to earn one's daily bread → gagner son pain, gagner sa vie
a loaf of bread → un pain

(= money) → fric m >
bread and butter n

(= buttered bread) → tartines fpl (beurrées)

(= livelihood) → gagne-pain m inv
bread-and-butter [ˌbrɛdənˈbʌtə^r] adj [issues, matters] → de base
bread basket breadbasket [ˈbrɛdbɑːskət] n (= area, region) → grenier m

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bread

n

→ Brot nt; a piece of bread and butter → ein Butterbrot nt; we just had bread and butter → wir aßen nur Brot mit Butter; he was put on (dry) bread and water → er saß bei Wasser und (trocken) Brot; he knows which side his bread is buttered (on) → er weiß, wo was zu holen ist; bread and circuses → Brot und Spiele pl

(= food, livelihood) writing is his bread and butter → er verdient sich seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Schreiben; to take the bread out of somebody’s mouth (fig) → jdn seiner Existenzgrundlage (gen) → berauben; to break bread with somebody (old) → sein Brot mit jdm teilen, das Brot mit jdm brechen (old)

(inf: = money) → Kohle f (inf)

vt → panieren

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bread:

bread-and-butter letter, bread-and-butter note

n → Bedankemichbrief m

bread-and-butter pudding

n → Brotauflauf m

breadbasket

n

→ Brotkorb m

(inf) → Wampe f (inf)

breadbin

n (Brit) → Brotkasten m

breadboard

n → Brot(schneide)brett nt

breadbox

n (US) = breadbin

breadcrumb

n → Brotkrume f → or -krümel m

breadcrumbs

pl (Cook) → Paniermehl nt; in bread → paniert

breadfruit

n → Brotfrucht f

breadknife

n → Brotmesser nt

breadline

n Schlange vor einer Nahrungsmittelausgabestelle to be on the bread (fig) → nur das Allernotwendigste zum Leben haben

bread roll

n → Brötchen nt

bread sauce

n → Brottunke f

breadstick

n → Knabberstange f

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bread [brɛd] n → pane m (fam) (money) → grana
sliced white bread → pancarrè m
to earn one's daily bread → guadagnarsi il pane
to know which side one's bread is buttered on → saper da che parte conviene stare

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bread [brɛd] n → pane m (fam) (money) → grana
sliced white bread → pancarrè m
to earn one's daily bread → guadagnarsi il pane
to know which side one's bread is buttered on → saper da che parte conviene stare

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bread

n bread [bred]

1 a type of food made of flour or meal baked bread and butter. brood خبز хляб chléb brød das Brot ψωμί pan leib نان leipä pain לֶחֶם रोटी kruh kenyér roti brauð pane パン 빵 duona maize roti brood brød chleb pão pâine хлеб chlieb kruh hleb bröd ขนมปัง ekmek 麵包 хліб روٹی bánh mỳ 面包

2 one's living This is how I earn my daily bread. lewensbestaan, broodwinning رزق، قوت прехрана živobytí daglige brød der Lebensunterhalt τα προς το ζην pan, las habichuelas leib معاش elanto pain פַּרנָסָה जीविका, रोजी zarada megélhetés nafkah viðurværi pane 生計 생계 duona, pragyvenimas iztika; dienišķā maize sumber pendapatan brood livets opphold utrzymanie pão pâine средства к существованию živobytie kruh život levebröd ขนมปัง geçim 生計 шматок хліба, засоби для існування روزی kế sinh nhai 生计

n pl breadcrumbs

very tiny pieces of bread Dip the fish in egg and breadcrumbs. broodkrummels فتات خبز трохи strouhanka brødkrummer; rasp das Brotkrümel, das Paniermehl ψίχουλα pan rallado leivapuru خرده نان leivänmurut miette(s) de pain, chapelure פְּרוּרֵי לֶחֶם फुलके का भीतरी भाग mrvice kruha morzsa tepung roti, remah roti brauðmylsna, rasp pane grattugiato, pangrattato パン粉 빵 부스러기 malti džiuvėsėliai (maizes) drupatas serbuk roti broodkruimels brødsmuler bułka tarta pão ralado firimituri/miez de pâine панировочные сухари chlebové omrvinky; strúhanka drobtine mrvice hleba brödsmulor, ströbröd ขนมปังชิ้นเล็กมาก ekmek kırıntıları 麵包屑 хлібні крихти ڈبل روٹی کے ٹکڑے bánh mỳ vụn 面包屑

n breadwinner

a person who earns money to keep a family When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner. broodwinner, koswinner عائل الأسرة човек, който работи. за да изхранва семейство živitel rodiny forsørger; familieforsørger der Geldverdiener το πρόσωπο που κερδίζει χρήματα στην οικογένεια, κουβαλητής sostén (familiar) perekonna toitja نان آور خانواده؛ کفیل elättäjä soutien (de famille) מְפַרנֵס कमाने वाला hranitelj kenyérkereső pencari nafkah fyrirvinna (chi guadagna il pane per sé e la propria famiglia) 一家の稼ぎ手 가족 부양자 duondavys, šeimos maitintojas apgādnieks; maizes pelnītājs pencari nafkah kostwinner familieforsørger żywiciel (rodziny) sustento persoană care întreţine familia кормилец živiteľ rodiny hranilec hranilac porodice familjeförsörjare ผู้หาเลี้ยงครอบครัว ekmek parası kazanan, ailenin geçimini sağlayan kişi 掙錢養家的人 годувальник; джерело існування کنبہ پرور ، کمانے والا lao động chính 养家活口的人

bread and butter

(a way of earning) one's living Writing novels is my bread and butter. brood en botter, bestaan, broodwinning رزق، اسباب العيش изкарване на прехраната obživa levebrød der Lebensunterhalt κύρια πηγή εισοδήματος sustento, forma de ganarse la vida leivatöö منبع درآمد leipätyö gagne-pain לֶחֶם וְחֶמאָה, פַּרנָסָה जीविकोपार्जन का तरीका svakodnevni „kenyér” mata pencaharian lífsviðurværi mezzo di sussistenza 生計 호구지책 duona, pragyvenimo šaltinis, pragyvenimas maizes darbs sumber pendapatan levensonderhoud levebrød środki utrzymania ganha-pão slujbă, meserie средства к существованию obživa, jedlo zaslužek živeti od arbete för brödfödan แหล่งรายได้ geçim yolu 生計，謀生方式 засоби для існування روزی کمانے کا طریقہ kế sinh nhai 生计

on the breadline

with barely enough to live on The widow and her children are on the breadline. broodlyn, bestaansminimum بالكاد لديه ما يعتاش عليه، معتاش على المساعدة الحكوميه много беден na mizině, existenční minimum sultegrænse auf Nahrungsmittelverteilung angewiesen που φυτοζωεί vivir en la miseria, no tener pan que llevarse a la boca toimetuleku piiril در مضیقه؛ مستضعف tulla hädin tuskin toimeen être sans le sou עֲנִי מָרוּד अत्यन्त गरीब red za besplatne obroke hrane a létminimumon miskin sekali við fátækramörk (poverissimo) 食うや食わずで 매우 가난한 ant skurdo ribos, pusbadžiu būt ļoti trūcīgam / pusbadā cukup-cukup makan behoeftig på eksistensminimum; i kø for gratis mat na granicy nędzy na pobreza sărac lipit (pământului) в тяжёлом материальном положении na mizine na robu preživetja na ivici bede på existensminimum, på svältgränsen แทบไม่พอกิน çok yoksul 勉強糊口 в скруті مشکل سے گذارہ کرنا nghèo rớt mồng tơi 领救济食物的穷人

bread and butter takes a singular verb.

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bread → خُبز chléb brød Brot ψωμί pan leipä pain kruh pane パン 식빵 brood brød chleb pão хлеб bröd ขนมปัง ekmek bánh mỳ 面包