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bread
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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.

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

bread
Noun
1. a food made from a dough of flour or meal mixed with water or milk, usually raised with yeast and then baked
2. necessary food
3. Slang money
Verb
to cover (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking [Old English brēad]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.breadbread - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
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.breadbread - informal terms for money            
money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
Verb1.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"

bread
noun 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) dibs (slang) ackers (slang) spondulicks (slang) rhino Brit. (slang)
Translations

bread [brɛd] npan m;
(col) (= money); pasta, lana (LAM);
bread and butter npan con mantequilla;
(fig) → pan (de cada día)
adjcomún y corriente;
to earn one's daily bread → ganarse el pan;
to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) → saber dónde aprieta el zapato
bread [brɛd] npain m;
(inf) (= money); fric m;
bread and butter ntartines (beurrées) (fig); subsistance f;
to earn one's daily bread → gagner son pain;
to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) → savoirest son avantage or intérêt
bread [brɛd] nBrot nt;
(inf) (money) → Moos nt, Kies m;
to earn one's daily bread → sein Brot verdienen;
to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) → wissen, wo etwas zu holen ist
bread [brɛd] npane m;
(col) (= money); grana;
to earn one's daily bread → guadagnarsi il pane;
to know which side one's bread is buttered on → saper fare i propri interessi;
bread and butter npane e burro;
(fig) → mezzi mpl di sussistenza

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 duona maize roti brood brød chleb pão pâine хлеб chlieb kruh hleb bröd ขนมปัง ekmek 麵包 хліб روٹی bánh mỳ
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
n pl ˈbreadcrumbs
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 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
n ˈbreadwinner
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 perheenelättäjä soutien (de famille) מְפַרנֵס कमाने वाला hranitelj kenyérkereső pencari nafkah fyrirvinna (chi guadagna il pane per 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 養家活口的人 годувальник; джерело існування کنبہ پرور ، کمانے والا lao động chính
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, ganarse la vida forma de leivatöö منبع درآمد leipätyö gagne-pain לֶחֶם וְחֶמאָה, פַּרנָסָה जीविकोपार्जन का तरीका svakodnevni „kenyér” mata pencaharian lífsviðurværi mezzo di sussistenza 生計 생계 수단 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 засоби для існування روزی کمانے کا طریقہ kế sinh nhai
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, a la no tener pan que llevarse boca toimetuleku piiril در مضیقه؛ مستضعف toimeentulon rajoilla 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 eksistensminimum; i 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 掙扎在生活線上﹐勉強糊口 в скруті مشکل سے گذارہ کرنا nghèo rớt mồng tơi

bread and butter takes a singular verb.



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