Breakfasting vs. Breakfast — What's the Difference?

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Breakfast is the first meal of the day eaten after waking from the night's sleep, usually in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.

(Informal) Food traditionally consumed for breakfast, such as eggs or pancakes

A meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day

To eat breakfast

Eat breakfast

To provide breakfast for.

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Present participle of breakfast

(Informal) Food traditionally consumed for breakfast, such as eggs or pancakes

The act of eating breakfast.

To eat breakfast

To provide breakfast for.

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

(transitive) To serve breakfast to.

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

A meal after fasting, or food in general.

To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.

To furnish with breakfast.

The first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

Eat an early morning meal;

Provide breakfast for