breakfast
noun
the first meal of the day; morning meal.
has breakfasted
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present perfectof breakfast (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But a forenoon is long-drawn-out when one has breakfasted before dawn, and has nothing to do but sit motionless in the woods and watch and listen.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
Oh, that kitchen of the olden times, the old, clean, roomy New England kitchen!—who that has breakfasted, dined, and supped in one has not cheery visions of its thrift, its warmth, its coolness?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
After the mother has breakfasted the child may go to the breast, and during the day it should be alternately fed from the bottle, and nursed by the mother.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
Arnold aloud. 8th.—Wordsworth, since he has been in town, has breakfasted twice and dined once with me.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
You let your guest depart without even asking him whether he has breakfasted.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence
