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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

  • (..) Shut your mouth. Give me the cash out of the drawer. Come on. Let's go. Give me the goddamn cash. - Don't shoot. I'm getting it. - Stop taking so long. Come on. Let me have it. Give me the bread. - This all you got? Get the rest. - That's it. - I don't have any more. - Give me the rest of the cash. - That's all I got. - Give me more. - I got no money. - Reach in your sock. You got more bread. - That's it, man. - Give me the rest of the f$cking bread. - Did you get him? - Yeah, I got him. Shit, man. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver