bread

Definition

  • noun: a baked food made from a mixture of flour and water
  • noun: a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal
  • verb: to cover (food) with bread crumbs before cooking it
  • verb: to cover with bread crumbs
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: spread, food, sustenance

Examples

  • He pretends to be impartial, but believe me, he 'knows which side his bread is buttered on'.

  • I took the job because I needed to earn some 'bread'. [=(more commonly) 'dough']

  • Casual clothing has always been the company's 'bread and butter'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) donkeys shouldn't talk. I don't get it. Why don't you just pull some ofthat ogre stuffon him? Throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, grind his bones to make your bread, the whole ogre trip. Oh, I know what. Maybe I could have decapitated an entire village... and put their heads (..)
    2001 Shrek
  • (..) - Think it's in there? - All right. Let's get it! Whoa. Hold on. Do you know what that thing can do to you? Yeah, it'll grind your bones for its bread. . Now, ogres-- They're much worse. They'll make a suit from your freshly peeled skin. (..)
    2001 Shrek