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bread | palm |

As a noun bread

is (uncountable) a foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals or bread can be breadth or bread can be a piece of embroidery; a braid.

As a verb bread

is to coat with breadcrumbs or bread can be (dialectal) to make broad; spread or bread can be to form in meshes; net.

As a proper noun palm is

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bread

English

(wikipedia bread)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bred, breed, from (etyl) .

Noun

  • (uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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  • (countable) Any variety of bread.
  • (slang) Money.
  • Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
  • * Bible, (w) vi. 11
  • Give us this day our daily bread .
    Synonyms
    * dough, folding stuff, lolly, spondulicks, wonga
    Usage notes
    * loaf, slice, piece, hunk are some of the words used to count bread.
    Derived terms
    * aerated bread * Afghan bread * altar bread * Amish friendship bread * ammunition bread * anadama bread * apple potato bread * Armenian cracker bread * artisan bread * bake someone's bread * banana bread * Barbari bread * barley bread * batter bread * bee-bread * beer bread * biscuit bread * black bread * blackfellow's bread * Boston brown bread * bread and butter * bread and cheese * bread and circuses * bread and honey * bread and milk * * bread and salt * bread and scrape * bread and water * bread and wine * bread-artist * bread bag * bread-barge * bread-basket, breadbasket * bread-bearer * bread beetle * bread-berry, breadberry * bread bin * bread board, breadboard * bread bowl * breadbox * bread-brake * bread buttered on both sides * bread-chipper * bread clip * bread-controller * bread-corn, breadcorn * breadcrumb * bread-crust bomb * bread dough * bread-dust * breaden * bread-flake * bread-fleigh * bread flour * breadfruit * bread-god * bread-head, breadhead * breadish * breadkind * bread knife * bread-jelly * bread-lepe * breadless * bread line, breadline * bread machine * bread maker * bread-meal * bread mold, bread mould * breadness * bread-nut, breadnut * bread of affliction * bread of idleness * bread of life * bread of wheat * bread palm * bread pan * bread pill * bread poultice * bread-powder * bread pudding * bread-purveyor * bread roll * bread-room, breadroom * bread-root, breadroot, breadroot scurf pea * bread sauce * bread-science * bread-study * bread-skep * bread starter * bread-steward * bread-stick, breadstick * bread study * bread-stuff, breadstuff * bread tag * bread-ticket * bread-trade * bread tree, bread-tree * bread-unit * bread upon the waters * bread wheat * bread-winner, breadwinner * bread-worship * breadwort * bready * break bread * brown bread * bush bread * butterbread * butter one's bread on both sides * cake-bread * caraway seed bread * cast one's bread upon the waters * cheat-bread * cheese and bread * chub bread * ciabatta bread * cinnamon bread * clap-bread, clapbread * cocket-bread * corn bread, cornbread * corn rye bread * court holy bread * cracked-wheat bread * cracker bread * cream of tartar bread * crisp bread, crispbread * Cuban bread * cuckoo bread * curry bread * daily bread * dark bread * date bread * date-nut bread * dika bread * dole bread * dry bread * egg bread * eggy bread * embread * fairy bread * fancy bread * flat bread, flatbread * focaccia bread * French bread * fried bread * fry bread, frybread * full of bread * garlic bread * gingerbread * gluten bread * God's bread * Graham bread * granary bread * Gyeongju bread * hard bread * hare's bread * have one's bread buttered for life * haver bread * hog's bread * holy bread * horse-bread * Hottentot's bread * household bread * Hwangnam bread * in bad bread * in-bread * inbread * Indian bread * in good bread * Irish soda bread * Italian bread * Jewish rye bread * John's bread * Kaffir bread, kaffir bread * know which side one's bread is buttered on * lava bread, laver bread, laverbread * light bread * limpa bread * liquid bread * loaf bread * loaf of bread * mandel bread * marble rye bread * mealie bread * melon bread * monkey bread, monkey's bread * moulding of cockle bread, moulding of cocklety bread * multigrain bread * native bread * new bread * nut bread * 'od's bread * olive bread * onion bread * pan bread * pilot bread * pita bread, pitta bread * plain bread * pocket bread * potato bread * Pugliese bread * pumpernickel bread * pumpkin bread * raised bread * quick bread * raisin bread * ravel bread, ravelled bread * riddle-bread * Russian black bread * Russian Easter bread * rye bread * sacramental bread * sad bread * Saint John's bread, St John's bread * salt-rising bread * sausage bread * schiacciata bread * science bread * sea bread * Seminole bread * shew-bread, shewbread, show-bread, showbread * ship bread * shortbread * singing bread * skillet bread * skillet corn bread * sliced bread * soda bread * sour bread, sourbread * sourdough bread * sow bread, sow-bread, sowbread * spoon bread, spoonbread * sugar-bread * sunflower bread * Swedish limpa bread * Swedish rye bread * sweet bread * sweetbread * sweetcorn bread * sweet rye bread * swine-bread * take bread and salt * take the bread out of someone's mouth * tea-bread * temse bread, temsed bread * therf-bread * tiger bread * to-bread * twice-baked bread * unleavened bread * Veda bread * wastel bread * wheat bread * white bread * whole-grain bread, wholegrain bread * whole meal bread, whole-meal bread, wholemeal bread * whole wheat bread, whole-wheat bread, wholewheat bread * yeast bread * zatar bread

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to coat with breadcrumbs
  • Derived terms
    * breaded * breading

    See also

    * loaf

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brede, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Breadth.
  • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) breden, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To make broad; spread.
  • (Ray)

    Etymology 4

    Variant of braid, from (etyl) breden, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form in meshes; net.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of embroidery; a braid.
  • Anagrams

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    palm

    English

    (wikipedia palm)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) palme, from (etyl) palm, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae'' or ''Arecaceae , which are mainly found in the tropics.
  • A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  • * Bible, Revelations vii. 9
  • A great multitude stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.
    Synonyms
    * (tropical tree) palm tree
    Derived terms
    * coconut palm * date palm * palmate * palmist * palmistry * Palm Sunday

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) palme, paume, from (etyl) palme, paulme, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  • * Tennyson
  • Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm .
  • * 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
  • The open palm of desire wants everything.
  • The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
  • A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
  • (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
  • The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
  • (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
  • Synonyms
    * (flat of the hand) (l)
    Antonyms
    * (hand) hardel
    Derived terms
    * cross someone's palm * grease someone's palm * itchy palm

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
  • To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
  • To move something with the palm of the hand.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Marc Vesty , title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.}}
    Derived terms
    * palm off

    See also

    * * * (Arecaceae) * (hand) * (Personal digital assistant)

    Anagrams

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