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bread `noun` [ brɛd ]

• food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked.

• "a loaf of bread"

• money.

• "I hate doing this, but I need the bread"

bread `verb`

• coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking.

• "bread the chicken and fry it in oil."

Origin: Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot .

the best thing since sliced bread

• used to emphasize one's enthusiasm about a new idea, person, or thing.
"they think that she is the greatest thing since sliced bread"

bread and circuses

• entertainment or political policies used to keep the mass of people happy and docile.
"with football and politics as the bread and circuses of our decadent empire, whither religion?"

bread and water

• a frugal diet that is eaten in poverty, chosen in abstinence, or given as a punishment.
"he could be put on bread and water for forty-eight hours"

bread and wine

• the consecrated elements used in the celebration of the Eucharist; the sacrament of the Eucharist.
"he rejected the idea of any physical presence of Christ in the bread and wine"

the bread of life

• a source of spiritual nourishment.
"the Scriptures are the bread of life to the believer"

break bread

• celebrate the Eucharist.
"as we gathered to break bread, a sense of thanksgiving ran through us"

one cannot live by bread alone

• people have spiritual as well as physical needs.
"we cannot live by bread alone, but it helps"

cast one's bread upon the waters

• do good without expecting gratitude or reward.
"if you don't cast your bread upon the waters, it won't come back to you when you need it most"

one's daily bread

• the money or food that one needs in order to live.
"she earned her daily bread by working long hours"

know which side one's bread is buttered

• know where one's advantage lies.
"middle-class people who know which side their bread is buttered"

take the bread out of the mouths of

• deprive (people) of their livings by competition or unfair working practices.
"nobody's doing the country any favours by taking the bread out of the mouths of students"

want one's bread buttered on both sides

• want more than is practicable or than is reasonable to expect.
"the play wants its bread buttered on both sides"

bread noun [ brɛd ]

bread verb

bread `noun` [ brɛd ]

bread `verb`