breakfast
verb [I] /ˈbrek.fəst/ formalDefinition
› to eat breakfast: She usually breakfasts alone. They breakfasted hurriedly on tea and toast (= ate tea and toast for breakfast).EatingBiting, chewing and swallowing
(Definition of breakfast verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ate verb
- binge eating noun
- binge verb
- bite noun (FOOD)
- break bread idiom
- devour verb
- eat (sth) up phrasal verb
- eater noun
- feast on sth phrasal verb
- feeder noun
- finish (sth) up phrasal verb
- gorge verb
- gulp noun
- inhale verb (EAT)
- pig out phrasal verb
- put sth away phrasal verb (EAT)
- scarf verb
- scoff verb (EAT)
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- trough verb (EAT)
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