BREAKFASTING

Verb

breakfasting

present participle of breakfast

Noun

breakfasting (plural breakfastings)

The act of eating breakfast.

Source: Wiktionary


BREAKFAST

Break"fast, n. Etym: [Break + fast.]

1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.

Break"fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.]

Definition: To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.

Break"fast, v. t.

Definition: To furnish with breakfast. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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