Feast /(fēst)/
Feast
n.
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A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
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A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords.
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That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.
The feast of reason, and the flow of soul.
Phrases & Compounds
- Feast day
- a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.
Feast
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Feasting
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To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses.
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To be highly gratified or delighted.
With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.
Feast
v. t.
- To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.
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To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.
Feast your ears with the music a while.