feast
any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast.
something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the eyes.
a periodical celebration or time of celebration, usually of a religious nature, commemorating an event, person, etc.: Every year, in September, the townspeople have a feast in honor of their patron saint.
to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
to provide or entertain with a feast.
Idioms about feast
feast one's eyes, to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish: to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.
Origin of feast
1synonym study For feast
Other words from feast
- feaster, noun
- feastless, adjective
- outfeast, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·feast, verb
- pre·feast, noun
- un·feast·ed, adjective
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How to use feast in a sentence
We frequently enjoyed his Bengali vegetarian feasts while discussing different aspects of Eastern philosophy late into the night.
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American adults downed an average of 6,000 calories on Christmas day—and are now living to regret their feasts.
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From accounts preserved of the sums expended at sundry public feasts at Coventry (Anno 1452 to 1464) we find that 2s.
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On that account they make many feasts, and at night light many fires on many peaks.
Was it dutiful for the priests to read it to the people of Israel assembled at their solemn feasts?
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamWhen that did not avail, its use was limited to feasts, banquets and sacrifices, and to guests and infirm old age.
The Art of Drinking | Georg Gottfried GervinusEven at the feasts where wine was permitted, its use was limited by cautious restrictions.
The Art of Drinking | Georg Gottfried Gervinus
British Dictionary definitions for feast
/ (fiːst) /
a large and sumptuous meal, usually given as an entertainment for several people
a periodic religious celebration
something extremely pleasing or sumptuous: a feast for the eyes
movable feast a festival or other event of variable date
(intr)
to eat a feast
(usually foll by on) to enjoy the eating (of), as if feasting: to feast on cakes
(tr) to give a feast to
(intr foll by on) to take great delight (in): to feast on beautiful paintings
(tr) to regale or delight: to feast one's mind or one's eyes
Origin of feast
1Derived forms of feast
- feaster, noun
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