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feast
[ feest ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
- to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
verb (used with object)
- to provide or entertain with a feast.
feast
/ ھː /
noun
- 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 feasta festival or other event of variable date
verb
- 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
- intrfoll byon to take great delight (in)
to feast on beautiful paintings
- tr to regale or delight
to feast one's mind or one's eyes
Derived Forms
- ˈڱٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ڱİ noun
- ڱl adjective
- dzܳЭ verb (used with object)
- v·ڱ verb
- ·ڱ noun
- ܲ·ڱĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of feast1
Idioms and Phrases
- feast one's eyes, to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish:
to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The lizards are around 21 inches long and feast on leaves, fruits and flowers in the coastal swamps and rainforests of their native islands.
Shards of pottery and fine, etched glass unearthed in the graves were most likely brought to the cemetery by people feasting while they visited the dead.
"Rats feasting is the way I'd describe it, so yes it's a very, very big problem."
On a recent episode of her own podcast, Lewinsky said that what drew her to Knox’s story was the familiar tale of “a young woman being feasted on by the world.”
Nearby, preparations were well under way for a symbolic Passover Seder, or ritual feast.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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