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Definition bread
Etymology 1
From Middle English bred, breed, from Old English br?ad (“fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braud? (“cooked food, leavened bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?erw-, *b?rew- (“to boil, seethe”) (see brew). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *braudaz, *brauþaz (“broken piece, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?era- (“to split, beat, hew, struggle”) (see brittle). Perhaps a conflation of the two. Cognate with Scots breid (“bread”), Saterland Frisian Brad (“bread”), West Frisian brea (“bread”), Dutch brood (“bread”), German Brot (“bread”), Danish and Norwegian brød (“bread”), Swedish bröd (“bread”), Icelandic brauð (“bread”), Albanian brydh (“I make crumbly, friable, soft”), Latin frustum (“crumb”).
Noun
bread (countable and uncountable, plural breads)
- (uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- (countable) Any variety of bread.
- (slang, US) Money.
- Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Verb
bread (third-person singular simple present breads, present participle breading, simple past and past participle breaded)
- (transitive) to coat with breadcrumbs
Etymology 2
From Middle English brede, from Old English br?du (“breadth, width, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *braid?? (“breadth”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”), Icelandic breidd (“breadth”).
Noun
bread (plural breads)
- (obsolete or Britain dialectal, Scotland) Breadth.
Etymology 3
From Middle English breden, from Old English br?dan (“to make broad, extend, spread, stretch out; be extended, rise, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *braidijan? (“to make broad, broaden”).
Verb
bread (third-person singular simple present breads, present participle breading, simple past and past participle breaded)
Etymology 4
Variant of braid, from Middle English breden, from Old English br?dan, bre?dan (“to braid”).
Verb
bread (third-person singular simple present breads, present participle breading, simple past and past participle breaded)
- (transitive) To form in meshes; net.
Noun
bread (plural breads)
- A piece of embroidery; a braid.
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