From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bread \Bread\, v. t. (Cookery)
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as,
breaded cutlets.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), v. t. [AS. br[ae]dan to make broad, to
spread. See {Broad}, a.]
To spread. [Obs.] --Ray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries.
br[=a]d, OS. br[=o]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel.
brau[eth], Sw. & Dan. br["o]d. The root is probably that of
E. brew. [root]93. See {Brew}.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.
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Note:
{Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a
little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or
water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given
time to rise before baking.
{Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an
alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or
ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate
of potassium) or some acid.
{Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only.
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{A["e]rated bread}. See under {A["e]rated}.
{Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living.
{Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and
Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}.
{Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}.
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2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
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Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bread
n 1: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised
with yeast or baking powder and then baked [syn: {bread},
{breadstuff}, {staff of life}]
2: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage},
{clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce},
{lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch},
{shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
v 1: cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before
frying them"
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