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.
Idioms for 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
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English feste, from Old French, from Latin fēsta, neuter plural (reinterpteted as feminine singular noun in Vulgar Latin ) of fēstus “festal, festive,” equivalent to fēs- (akin to fair2) + -tus adjective suffix
synonym study for feast
2. Feast,banquet imply large social events, with an abundance of food. A feast is a meal with a plenteous supply of food and drink for a large company: to provide a feast for all company employees. A banquet is an elaborate feast for a formal and ceremonious occasion: the main speaker at a banquet.
OTHER WORDS FROM feast
feaster,nounfeastless,adjectiveoutfeast,verb (used with object)o·ver·feast,verb
pre·feast,nounun·feast·ed,adjective
Words nearby feast
fearsome, feasance, feasibility, feasibility study, feasible, feast, feast day, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Fools, Feast of Lanterns, Feast of Lights
One day, she wins the lottery, and instead of using the money to finally go back home, she uses it to prepare a lavish feast in honor of the sect’s founder.
Eager as ad buyers were for major sports like the NBA and NFL to return to TV, many were anxious about how the volume of sports on TV going from famine to feast would affect viewership.
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It was known as the feast of Akitu, and it was celebrated in April.
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The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.
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Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Feast your eyes on the ‘top-grain leather,’ ‘original’ design, gilded pages.
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Then feast your ears on this 1969 Bill Cosby routine about drugging and seducing women.
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Hereupon Ctesippus complained that we were talking in secret, and keeping the feast to ourselves.
Lysis|Plato
She had shrunk from spiritual independence with all the obsequious arrogance of a poor relation at a feast.
The Blood Red Dawn|Charles Caldwell Dobie
They did not feast, for these fairies never eat, and they drink only honey from flowers.
Woodland Tales|Ernest Seton-Thompson
These he is to take home, that his wife and family may share in the feast.
Norway|Beatrix Jungman
He shall not wait long—there is a feast in the court below, which he shall join presently.
Frances Kane's Fortune|L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for feast
feast
/ (fiːst) /
noun
a large and sumptuous meal, usually given as an entertainment for several people
a periodic religious celebration
something extremely pleasing or sumptuousa 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 feastingto 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 delightto feast one's mind or one's eyes
Derived forms of feast
feaster, noun
Word Origin for feast
C13: from Old French feste, from Latin festa, neuter plural (later assumed to be feminine singular) of festus joyful; related to Latin fānum temple, fēriae festivals