bread in Kashmiri कॉशुर
bread in Sindhi سنڌي
bread in English
- bread⇄bread, noun, verb.
- bread⇄expr. bread buttered on both sides, great good fortune; lucky circumstances.
Ex. Wherever Walter goes he is pretty sure to find his bread buttered on both sides (John G. Lockhart). - bread⇄expr. break bread,
a. to eat or share a meal.
Ex. The preacher asked him inside and insisted he break bread with his family (Atlantic).
b. to administer or take Communion.
Ex. The worshipers kneeled at the altar rail to break br - bread⇄expr. cast one's bread upon the waters, to do good with little or no expectation of reward (in allusion to Ecclesiastes 11:1).
Ex. A charitable person will cast his bread upon the waters. - bread⇄expr. know which side one's bread is buttered on, to know what is to one's advantage.
Ex. I know what's what, I know on which side my bread is buttered (John Ford). - bread⇄expr. set bread, to mix batter or dough and leave it to rise.
Ex. The baker rose early to set bread for the morning baking. - bread⇄expr. take the bread out of one's mouth,
a. to take away a person's livelihood.
Ex. You little Prigs, will you offer to take the bread out of my mouth? (Peter A. Motteux).
b. to take from a person what he is on the very point of enjoy - bread⇄noun 1. food made of flour or meal mixed with milk or water and baked. Bread may be made with or without yeast or other leaven and is usually kneaded.
Ex. We eat bread and butter. Buy a loaf of bread.
2. food in general.
3a. means of - bread⇄pilot biscuit orbread
a large, flat cracker; ship biscuit; hardtack. - bread⇄tea cake orbread
(British.) a kind of light bread or scone. - bread⇄v.t. to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking.
Ex. She breaded the chicken before frying it.