Bread dream meaning is explained below using 30 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Ibn Seerin
When bread is made from bleached flour in a dream, it means blessed earnings and a comfortable life. When it is made with unbleached flour in a dream, it means disturbances in one’s life.
It is said that each loafof bread represents forty years of one’s life. Each loafofbread also may represent money in denominations of tens, hundreds or thousands, all relative to the financial standing of the person in the dream, or the type of work he performs. Whole wheat bread, barley bread or sweet bread made with honey or sugar in a dream means rising prices. Eating bread with its crusts in a dream is like eating honey with its beeswax. Oven fresh bread when eaten in one’s dream is best. Bread in a dream represents woman’s chastity. Bread made with bleached flour means living a clean life, having pure knowledge, or a beautiful wife.
If a student sees himself distributing bread among poor people in a dream, it means that he will attain his goals and succeed in his studies.
If he is a preacher, it means that people are accepting his admonitions and advice. Otherwise, ifhe sees people crowding over him to get their bread in the dream, it means that people will seek what he has to offer. In that case, his position is better than theirs, for the giving hand is better than the receiving one.
If one sees a deceased person offering him a piece of bread in a dream, it means that he will receive unexpected money from an unsolicited source. Ifone sees bread hanging in the skies, over the roofs or hanging down from trees in a dream, it means rising prices and the same interpretation applies for all commodities.
If he sees bread scattered on the ground and people walking over it in a dream, it means prosperity in that land which leads to vanity.
A good looking loaf of bread represents one’s good religious stand, otherwise it means the opposite. Bakingbread in a dream means working for one’s livelihood. Seeing squandered loaves of bread and not eating from them in the dream means meeting with brothers one has not seen for a long time. Having a loaf of bread baked with coarsely grounded grains in the dream means living a comfortable life, though with insignificant religious attendance.
If it is a loaf of barley bread in the dream, it means a strenuous life, though well managed. Corn bread, chick peas bread or millet bread means tight financial conditions and rising prices.
If one is given a piece of dried bread in a dream, it indicates the near end of his life.
A loaf of bread in a dream means marriage for an unwed person, and for a craftsman, it means progress in his trade. As for a ruler or ajudge, a well baked loafof bread in a dream represents hisjustice. Small loaves of bread in a dream represent a short life, while large loaves mean longevity. Eating a hot loaf of bread means hypocrisy, because the effect of the oven’s heat is still in it. Eating bread without a meal means a sickness or dying alone. Eating from a loaf of bread which is halfbaked in a dream means that one may suffer from high fever.
If a poor person eats sweet bread or a cake in a dream, it means sickness or loss of what he maybe expecting to receive. Eating the thin variety of rock baked bread in a dream means increase in one’s earnings.
A thin loaf of bread in a dream also could mean a short life. Holding two loaves of bread in a dream means marrying two sisters, one after the other. Eating simultaneously from two loaves of bread, one in each hand in a dream also means a marriage to two sisters. Eating pretzels in a dream means adopting a good health diet. Stale bread in a dream means inexpensive or shoddy prices. Dough in a dream means debts or loans.
A flying loaf of bread with two wings means high prices. Eating a flat loaf of bread, or a loaf of pita bread in a dream means easy living or prosperity. Eating a bun in a dream denotes a decent financial stability. In a dream, a loaf of bread also represents little money or little earnings, or a small wage.
(Also see Dough)
Interpretation 2 — Zolar
baking: add the ingredients needed for complete nourishment.
buying: others wil share their success with you.
carrying several loaves of: a recent request wil be granted.
corn, eating: a gamble pays off richly.
crumbs, of: this essential nourishment is a clue to resolving a stale problem.
eating: wil be helped by friends who visit from afar.
black: business losses through hard reality.
dark: contentment in the support received from acquaintances.
white: use your sensitivity and fragile psychology for a large profit.
hard loaf of: physical wel -being to al your family but yourself.
hot, freshly baked: wealth and honor wil be yours if you maintain stable relations.
hardtack, chewing: be wary of al owing others to push you to lose your temper.
men kneading: need the young woman on your mind.
offering, to others: involvement with a larger social context in near future.
pumpernickel, eating: al basic nutrients one needs to survive in a harsh environment.
several loaves of: period of equanimity and fearlessness is ending.
stale: domestic difficulty wil be helped from the granting of an old request.
watching others eat: your envy involved you in bickering.
Interpretation 3 — Silvana Amar
The bread in your dreams could represent those positive and wonderful things that you have learned in your life’s journey. It could be symbolic of good and most basic things in your life which will yield positive benefits in the future.
The bread in your dream could be spiritually symbolic; it could represent a profound communion or connection with others and with God. Consider the details of your dream before interpreting, but know that bread has positive universal symbolism and that this dream should bring with it a level of positive feelings and peace.
Interpretation 4 — Theresa Cheung
Interpretation 5 — Patrica Telesco
The essence or “manna” of life. In this interpretation, eating bread becomes a way of accepting spiritual gifts.
Financial concerns. In most cultures, bread is a symbol of providence. Kinship, especially if shared with another (e.g., “breaking bread together”).
Miracles and divine providence: Besides the story of Jesus with the loaves and fishes, Moses in the wilderness, and the Christian Host, bread was involved in many types of ancient spells for continued sustenance.
Various types of bread may have specific significance as well.
For example, pretzels are a solar wheel, unleavened bread represents haste, and hot cross buns symbolize the spring equinox, a time of renewed hope.
Interpretation 6 — Garuda
Vision: Seeing fresh-baked bread: a sure sign of good luck— and possibly good friends visiting. Watching others eat bread: you envy other people.
If you are baking bread: your efforts will be successful. Eating stale or hard bread means great difficulties need to be overcome. Offering bread to others: you are looking for a good friend.
See Baking.
Depth Psychology: Bread is an everyday item, but it is also holy.
It is always a symbol of “the food of life” and may be spiritual (Christian Holy Communion) or simply a wish for more social contact and more friends.
Interpretation 7 — Martha Clarke
If you dream of having only bread to eat, it means that you feel poor inside. Similarly you must pay attention to the form in which it appears in your dreams, because sometimes it takes on sexual connotations, especially among teenagers. The Freudian school identifies it with the body of the loved one or the penis. Jung, however, recognizes in it an allusion to spiritual food.
Interpretation 8 — Pamela Ball
1- Dreaming of bread connects us with our need for basic emotional and biological satisfaction.
To be sharing bread in a dream represents our ability to share basic experience.
2- If the bread in a dream is foreign or tastes bad we mav be unsure of what we really need out of life. We may be doing the wrong thing in some area of our lives.
3- Bread Is symbolic of life itself.
It is food of the soul and can also represent the need to share.
Interpretation 9 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of breaking bread with others, indicates an assured competence through life.
To see a lot of impure bread, want and misery will burden the dreamer.
If the bread is good and you have access to it, it is a favorable dream.
See Baking and Crust.
Interpretation 10 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous
If the bread is moldy, then it represents stinginess and a fear of spending.
If the bread is crusty, then this is about releasing your old belief systems about money.
If you are breaking bread with someone, then you are sharing your wealth, and realizing that more will be added unto you.
See Sandwich and Bake.
Interpretation 11 — Betty Bethards
Interpretation 12 — Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
See also Bake and Eating.
Interpretation 13 — James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver
Interpretation 14 — Stephen Girard
Interpretation 15 — Nancy Wagaman
Basic physical, emotional, or mental nourishment, or the means by which nourishment is provided to you.
Being given only bread to eat can represent a feeling or fear of deprivation, or of only your most basic needs being met.
See Food
Interpretation 16 — Versatile - Anonymous
To be sharing bread in a dream represents our ability to share our experience with others so that they may learn.
Interpretation 17 — Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 18 — Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 19 — Internet Archive - Anonymous
To bake Bread is an unfortunate omen.
Interpretation 20 — Ariadne Green
Interpretation 21 — Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 22 — DreamForth
Interpretation 23 — Tony Crisp
Interpretation 24 — Indian - Anonymous
Interpretation 25 — myjellybean
Interpretation 26 — Margaret Hamilton
Interpretation 27 — Tyler Wolfe
Interpretation 28 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
2. Basic necessities, nourishment of life.
3. Success in life.