to bread
- verb
- /brɛd/
- She decided to bread the vegetables to add a crispy texture after baking.
- breaded chicken
- breaded cutlets
- breaded eggplant
You know, you could bread chicken with it, which I just thought of right now.
- You know, you could bread chicken with it, which I just thought of right now.
Examples
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The chicken is then breaded and frozen.
Academic text (1994) -
You know, you could bread chicken with it, which I just thought of right now.
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Oh my God, it's time to cut off the edges and bread the sides.
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Lucy and Sam are having a serious talk over breaded sole.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, if you use it to fry up some breaded chicken, it will be dirty and probably best to discard it.
Blog text (17) -
Another girl breaded the fish, shaking off the excess crumbs before tossing it in the pan.
Fiction book (1999) -
The mac and cheese bites were really delicious, with a crispy breaded exterior and a creamy hot center.
Blog text (17) -
Alan Davidson, the British fish expert, travels with oatmeal because he can always bread almost any fish with it, in the Scottish manner, no matter how exotic the fish.
Academic text (1990) -
The only non-vegetarian item on the menu was a deep-fried, breaded mutton patty on a hot-dog roll.
Fiction book (1992) -
To prepare the dish, you need to bread the chicken pieces before frying them.
Synonyms
To coat food lightly with flour or breadcrumbs before cooking
To cover food with a thin layer of fine powder made from grain before cooking
Idioms
A very useful new thing that people say is great
To make someone lose the job or money they need to live
To benefit from two people or groups at the same time by being dishonest
- Archaic
Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later
- Informal
A small, disappointing thing that does not help enough
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities
Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust
A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread
- UK
A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread
- UK
A creamy white sauce made from bread and flavored with cloves and onion, served with chicken or turkey
- UK
A plant with three-part heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple veins often in damp woods
A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert
- South African
A soft brown paste made from roasted wild mango seeds used as food and to thicken soups
An eight-day Jewish festival in spring that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt
- US
A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon
- South African
A large African tree with a very thick trunk that has fruit with a soft inside that people eat
- NSFW
A climbing plant from South Africa with a large rough root like an elephant's foot
A round loaf made with baking soda and buttermilk, often with raisins or caraway seeds
- Archaic
A very hard plain biscuit that keeps for a long time and sailors use on ships
A white wheat bread made with bacteria that can grow in salty dough and a cornmeal starter
Bread cooked in a skillet over a fire, often made as cornbread or soda bread with ham added
Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste
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Etymology
The verb bread comes from the noun 'bread' because cooks use small pieces called breadcrumbs to cover food before frying or baking, so to 'bread' something is to give it a layer of bread for a crunchy finish.