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breaks bread

breaks bread is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break bread.

Meaning of break bread

Verb

break bread (third-person singular simple present breaks bread, present participle breaking bread, simple past broke bread, past participle broken bread)

  1. To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends, family, guests, etc.; to be in fellowship with others by eating with them.
    • The knight swore he would not break bread in the castle again until he received reparation for the insult.
  2. To take part in Holy Communion.
    • In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . . After offering prayers of thanksgiving, together we break bread and drink from the cup.1979, Ronald E. Osborn, The Faith We Affirm, →ISBN, page 61

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What is breaks bread the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks bread is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break bread.

Words near breaks bread in the dictionary

  1. breaks and enters
  2. breaks apart
  3. breaks away
  4. breaks back
  5. breaks bad
  6. breaks bread
  7. breaks bulk
  8. breaks camp
  9. breaks character
  10. breaks containment
  11. breaks cover

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