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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breakfast \Break"fast\, verb (used with an object) To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breakfast \Break"fast\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breakfast \Break"fast\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {breakfasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breakfasting}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
breakfast
noun: the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
verb
1: eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"
2: provide breakfast for
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "breakfast": TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast
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