[brek-fuh
st] 
| 1. | the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. |
| 2. | the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. |
| 3. | to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs. |
| 4. | to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant. |
| break·fast (brěk'fəst) n. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. v. break·fast·ed, break·fast·ing, break·fasts v. intr. To eat breakfast: We breakfasted on the terrace. v. tr. To provide breakfast for. [Middle English brekfast : breken, to break; see break + faste, a fast (from Old Norse fasta, to fast; see past- in Indo-European roots).] break'fast·er n. |