Of food, a meal, etc.: ample and nourishing; (in some contexts) large and heavy.

Designating a modest or frugal way of life; relating to or characteristic of living in this manner; plain, basic, humble, not luxurious.

Not associated or connected with liquid. Not accompanied or associated with drink; originally in U.S. Political slang, said of places which favour…

Of a meal: amply and nourishing. Obsolete.

Of considerable size or extent; great, big. Of a meal: consisting of a great (or greater than usual) amount of food; heavy.

Of (a portion of) food or drink: rich or abundant so as to satisfy the appetite; nourishing, wholesome, strengthening.

Of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest.

Of persons: That scramble or contend one with another. Also applied to a meal at which the partakers help themselves to what they can get.

Of a meal: light enough to be consumed quickly; basic. Now historical and rare.

Of actions (esp. those involving physical effort, as a blow, a shout): Vigorous. Of a meal, etc.: ‘Hearty’, abundant.

Done or taken while sitting down; esp. (of a meal) eaten while sitting down; (hence) relatively formal or substantial. Cf. stand-up, adj. 3a.

Amply provided with something (also with for); spec. presented or supplied with plenty of food and drink. Also of a meal, etc.: properly served.

In a restaurant: designating food that can be ordered as separately priced items from a menu, rather than as part of a set meal; of or relating to…

Very or unmistakably good or fine; of superior quality, style, etc.; first-rate, first-class, grand… Of things. Now used esp. of meals.

Of or relating to Lent; (of a meal) spec. having the qualities of the type of food traditionally eaten at Lent; meagre, austere.

Gathered together promiscuously, hastily assembled. scratch vote, scratch division, scratch majority: one which, owing to accident or stratagem…

Of meals: full, solid, substantial. Of a drink: copious; of full measure.

Of a person, limb, etc.: that scrambles, clambers, or claws. Also applied to an informal meal. Cf. scrambling, adj. 1.

Appointed or prescribed beforehand; †appointed for observance by the Church. Hence (with sense less… Of a meal in a hotel, etc.: consisting of a…

Of, relating to, or characterized by the providing of handouts.

Of, relating to, or designating a restaurant meal at which one may eat an unlimited amount of food (usually from a buffet), typically for a fixed…

British colloquial. Of a meal: large and impressive on the table, lavish. Cf. spread, n. 14. Now rare.

Designating a meal or snack of this type; involving such a meal.