What does "breakfast" mean?
Breakfast: A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To furnish with breakfast. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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