break bread

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Definitions of break bread words

noun break bread to eat a meal, esp with others 3
noun break bread to administer or participate in Holy Communion 3
noun break bread to partake of food; eat 3
noun break bread a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked. 1
noun break bread food or sustenance; livelihood: to earn one's bread. 1
noun break bread Slang. money. 1

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; 1950-55 for def 3; Middle English breed, Old English brēad fragment, morsel, bread; cognate with German Brot

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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eat — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
mange — any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
partake — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
subsist — to exist; continue in existence.