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Definition of breakfast verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

breakfast

verb
 
/ˈbrekfəst/
 
/ˈbrekfəst/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they breakfast
 
/ˈbrekfəst/
 
/ˈbrekfəst/
he / she / it breakfasts
 
/ˈbrekfəsts/
 
/ˈbrekfəsts/
past simple breakfasted
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪd/
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪd/
past participle breakfasted
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪd/
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪd/
-ing form breakfasting
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪŋ/
 
/ˈbrekfəstɪŋ/
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  1. breakfast (on something) to eat breakfast
    • Many of the hotel’s guests had already breakfasted and departed.
    • They breakfasted on coffee and hot rolls.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from the verb break + the verb fast.
See breakfast in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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