Meaning of "bread" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BREAD

Old English brēad; related to Old Norse braud, Old Frisian brād, Old High German brōt.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BREAD

bread  [brɛd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREAD

Bread is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bread in English.

WHAT DOES BREAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history it has been popular around the world and is one of humanity's oldest foods, having been of importance since the dawn of agriculture. There are indefinitely many combinations and proportions of types of flour and other ingredients, and also of radically different traditional recipes and modes of preparation of bread. As a result one finds wide varieties of types, shapes, sizes, and textures of breads in various regions. Bread may be leavened by many different processes ranging from reliance on naturally occurring microbes to high-pressure artificial aeration during preparation and/or baking. However, some products simply are left unleavened, either for preference, or for traditional or religious reasons. Many non-cereal ingredients may be included, ranging from fruits and nuts to various fats. Commercial bread in particular commonly contains additives, some of them non-nutritional, to improve flavour, texture, colour, or shelf life. Depending on local custom and convenience, bread may be served in various forms at any meal of the day.

Definition of bread in the English dictionary

The first definition of bread in the dictionary is a food made from a dough of flour or meal mixed with water or milk, usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. Other definition of bread is necessary food; nourishment. Bread is also a small loaf, piece of bread, or wafer of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BREAD

PRESENT

Present

I bread

you bread

he/she/it breads

we bread

you bread

they bread

Present continuous

I am breading

you are breading

he/she/it is breading

we are breading

you are breading

they are breading

Present perfect

I have breaded

you have breaded

he/she/it has breaded

we have breaded

you have breaded

they have breaded

Present perfect continuous

I have been breading

you have been breading

he/she/it has been breading

we have been breading

you have been breading

they have been breading

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I breaded

you breaded

he/she/it breaded

we breaded

you breaded

they breaded

Past continuous

I was breading

you were breading

he/she/it was breading

we were breading

you were breading

they were breading

Past perfect

I had breaded

you had breaded

he/she/it had breaded

we had breaded

you had breaded

they had breaded

Past perfect continuous

I had been breading

you had been breading

he/she/it had been breading

we had been breading

you had been breading

they had been breading

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bread

you will bread

he/she/it will bread

we will bread

you will bread

they will bread

Future continuous

I will be breading

you will be breading

he/she/it will be breading

we will be breading

you will be breading

they will be breading

Future perfect

I will have breaded

you will have breaded

he/she/it will have breaded

we will have breaded

you will have breaded

they will have breaded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been breading

you will have been breading

he/she/it will have been breading

we will have been breading

you will have been breading

they will have been breading

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bread

you would bread

he/she/it would bread

we would bread

you would bread

they would bread

Conditional continuous

I would be breading

you would be breading

he/she/it would be breading

we would be breading

you would be breading

they would be breading

Conditional perfect

I would have bread

you would have bread

he/she/it would have bread

we would have bread

you would have bread

they would have bread

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been breading

you would have been breading

he/she/it would have been breading

we would have been breading

you would have been breading

they would have been breading

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bread
we let´s bread
you bread

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bread

Past participle

breaded

Present Participle

breading

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BREAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bread» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bread

aliment · brass · cash · dibs · dosh · dough · fare · finance · food · funds · kai · money · necessary · necessities · needful · nourishment · nutriment · provisions · rhino · silver · spondulicks · subsistence · sustenance · tin · viands · victuals · wonga

TRANSLATION OF BREAD

Find out the translation of bread to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bread from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bread» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 面包
• Translator English - Spanish: pan
• English: bread
• Translator English - Hindi: रोटी
• Translator English - Arabic: خُبْز
• Translator English - Russian: хлеб
• Translator English - Portuguese: pão
• Translator English - Bengali: রুটি
• Translator English - French: pain
• Translator English - Malay: Roti
• Translator English - German: Brot
• Translator English - Japanese: パン
• Translator English - Korean: 식빵
• Translator English - Javanese: Roti
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bánh mì
• Translator English - Tamil: ரொட்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: ब्रेड
• Translator English - Turkish: ekmek
• Translator English - Italian: pane
• Translator English - Polish: chleb
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хліб
• Translator English - Romanian: pâine
• Translator English - Greek: ψωμί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: brood
• Translator English - Swedish: bröd
• Translator English - Norwegian: brød

10 QUOTES WITH «BREAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bread.

1

Sholom Aleichem

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

2

Dan Aykroyd

I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.

3

Ray Stannard Baker

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

4

Edward Bellamy

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

5

Nikolai Berdyaev

The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.

6

Candice Bergen

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

7

Nellie Bly

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.

8

Benjamin Booker

The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living in New Orleans, I couldn't afford to take care of myself. I had no health insurance.

9

Alastair Campbell

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

10

Robert Farrar Capon

Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREAD»

Discover the use of bread in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bread and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Tassajara Bread Book

In a deluxe edition of the international bestseller that started a generation of Americans baking nearly thirty years ago, the author shows how to make--and enjoy--breads, pastries, muffins, and desserts for today's sophisticated palates.

Edward Espe Brown, 2009

The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain ...

The original, classic cookbook devoted to baking honest, delectable and nutritious whole grain breads. In a special section, the author has compiled a comprehensive and meticulous breadmaking "handbook". From the Trade Paperback edition.

Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey, 2011

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That ...

This is the classic that started it all – Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day has now sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

Jeff Hertzberg, MD, Zoë François, 2007

Advanced Bread and Pastry

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Michel Suas, 2008

The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of ...

This is original food writing at its most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring–and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.

Peter Reinhart, 2011

The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's ...

The author, a "master baker," reveals how she transcended her skepticism over bread machines and discusses the wide variety of techniques and breads available to home bakers.

Beth Hensperger, 2000

Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History

Six Thousand Years of Bread is a brilliant celebration of bread and the remarkable role it has played throughout human history.

H. E. Jacob, 2007

Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and ...

When Jennifer Reese lost her job, she was overcome by an impulse common among the recently unemployed: to economize by doing for herself what she had previously paid for.

Jennifer Reese, 2011

White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf

As Bobrow-Strain traces the story of bread, from the first factory loaf to the latest gourmet pain au levain, he shows how efforts to champion "good food" reflect dreams of a better society--even as they reinforce stark social hierarchies.

Aaron Bobrow-Strain, 2012

Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread ...

In Flour Water Salt Yeast, author Ken Forkish demonstrates that high-quality artisan bread and pizza is within the reach of any home baker.

Ken Forkish, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bread is used in the context of the following news items.

Top facts about bread

On July 7, 1928, sliced bread was first put on sale to the public by the by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, USA. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

Recipe: Chocolate & peanut bread & butter puddings

Smear the slices of baguette with the peanut spread. Put a layer of bread in the base of each ramekin, peanut spread side up, overlapping each ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Lulu's Bread & Breakfast adds fun to the menu

The interior of Lulu's Bread and Breakfast is shown at 6720 Sky Pointe Drive in Las Vegas. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal) ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»

Wonder Bread Bakery Under Contract

An unidentified buyer has the former Wonder Bread bakery, which was idled by a strike before being sold in 2013, under contract. «Memphis Daily News, Jul 15»

Soft, Spongy & Moist: How to Make White Bread

Soft, Spongy & Moist: How to Make White Bread I've wanted to bake bread ever since I first roamed the streets of Barcelona. I walked bakery to ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

You Asked For It: Yesteryear Pumpkin Bread Pudding

The recipe for Yesteryear Pumpkin Bread Pudding comes from Nada Gray in Lewisburg, Pa. This recipe comes together quickly and makes ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»

Bread Organizations Fall Apart…Who Should Regulate the Bread …

What can rightly be described as a battle for supremacy is reported to be raging between the Sierra Leone Association of Bread Bakers ... «Sierra Express Media, Jul 15»

Eat THIS at Panera Bread to Lose Weight

With its cozy couches, free WIFI and fresh-baked smells, Panera Bread has always felt a little like your mom's living room, a place where you ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»

The land of 'bread and circuses'

After most of what now is England was pacified by Roman conquerers, many of the region's inhabitants were happy to settle in as subjects of ... «Martinsburg Journal, Jul 15»

Leases signed to bring Chili's, Panera Bread to Martinsburg

Chili's Grill & Bar and Panera Bread have signed leases to open restaurants at the former Sears property and adjoining parking area, the owner ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»