Definition of "breakfast" in Anglais

noun

1. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

   • You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.

2. (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

   • We serve breakfast all day.

3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

4. (largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

verb

1. (intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

   • May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard Esq. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.

2. (transitive) To serve breakfast to.