Feast /(fēst)/

Feast

n.
  1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
    The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
    — Ex. xiii. 6.
    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
    — Luke ii. 41.
  2. 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.
    — Old Proverb.
    Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords.
    — Dan. v. 1.
  3. 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

  1. 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.
    — Job. i. 4.
  2. To be highly gratified or delighted.
    With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.

Feast

v. t.
  1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.
  2. To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.
    Feast your ears with the music a while.