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Feast

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Noun

1. banquet, feast

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

2. feast

something experienced with great delight

Example Sentences:
'a feast for the eyes'

3. banquet, feast, spread

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

Example Sentences:
'a banquet for the graduating seniors'
'the Thanksgiving feast'
'they put out quite a spread'

4. feast, fete, fiesta

an elaborate party (often outdoors)

Verb

5. banquet, feast, junket

partake in a feast or banquet

6. banquet, feast, junket

provide a feast or banquet for

7. feast, feed

gratify

Example Sentences:
'feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Feast

see synonyms of feast
noun
1. 
a large and sumptuous meal, usually given as an entertainment for several people
2. 
a periodic religious celebration
3. 
something extremely pleasing or sumptuous
a feast for the eyes
4.  movable feast
verb
5. (intransitive)
a. 
to eat a feast
b. (usually foll by on)
to enjoy the eating (of), as if feasting
to feast on cakes
6. (transitive)
to give a feast to
7. (intransitive; foll by on)
to take great delight (in)
to feast on beautiful paintings
8. (transitive)
to regale or delight
to feast one's mind or one's eyes

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Feast

see synonyms of feast
noun
1. 
a celebration or festival; esp., a periodic religious celebration, as in honor of God or a saint
2. 
a rich and elaborate meal; banquet
3. 
anything that gives pleasure because of its abundance or richness; special treat
verb intransitive
4. 
to eat a rich, elaborate meal
5. 
to have a special treat
verb transitive
6. 
to entertain at a feast or banquet
7. 
to gratify or delight as with a feast
feast your eyes on this!

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Feast

see synonyms of feast
n.
1.
a. A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
b. A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
2. A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
3. 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.
1. To partake of a feast; eat heartily.
2. To experience something with gratification or delight: feasted on the view.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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