A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
Something giving great pleasure or satisfaction: a book that is a veritable feast for the mind.
v.
feast·ed, feast·ing, feasts
v.
tr. To give a feast for; entertain or feed sumptuously: feasted the guests on venison. v.
intr.
To partake of a feast; eat heartily.
To experience something with gratification or delight: feasted on the view.
[Middle English feste, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fēsta, from Latin, pl. of fēstum, from fēstus, festive; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.] feast'er n.
(fēst) 