Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bread \Bread\, v. t. [AS. br[ae]dan to make broad, to spread.
See {Broad}, a.]
To spread. [Obs.] --Ray.
Bread \Bread\, n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries. br[=a]d, OS.
br?d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau?, Sw. & Dan.
br["o]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. ? See {Brew}.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.
Note:
{Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a
little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or
water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given
time to rise before baking.
{Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an
alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or
ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate
of potassium) or some acid.
{Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only.
{A["e]rated bread}. See under {A["e]rated}.
{Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living.
{Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and
Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}.
{Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}.
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11
Bread \Bread\, v. t. (Cookery)
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as,
breaded cutlets.
Source : WordNet®
bread
v : cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying
them"
bread
n 1: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised
with yeast or baking powder and then baked [syn: {breadstuff},
{staff of life}]
2: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {cabbage}, {clams},
{dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre},
{loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons},
{sugar}, {wampum}]