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
Quickly follows him a feaster who has called Umalgo, the Spirit of the Sun, and was possessed by him.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxEach feaster was provided with a pair of chopsticks and two small sheets of brown paper with which to wipe them after each course.
Life and sport in China | Oliver G. ReadyKlakee-Nah was an anachronism—a mediæval ruin, a fighter and a feaster, happy with wine and song.
Lost Face | Jack LondonAs he approached, sop swung his legs off the table and resumed the ordinary attitude of a feaster.
The Duke's Motto | Justin Huntly McCarthyWhen I thought that the little feaster must be about full, I opened the box, but it was in no hurry to fly.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth | John Muir
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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