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US
/ˈfist/
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[ UK /fˈiːst/ ]
[ UK /fˈiːst/ ]
NOUN
- a ceremonial dinner party for many people
- an elaborate party (often outdoors)
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something experienced with great delight
a feast for the eyes -
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
the Thanksgiving feast
they put out quite a spread
a banquet for the graduating seniors
VERB
- provide a feast or banquet for
- partake in a feast or banquet
-
gratify
feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view
How To Use feast In A Sentence
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- Moreover, it is expressly added that if the day before the Passover falls on a Sabbath, one may in this manner purchase a Paschal lamb, and, presumably, all else that is needful for the feast.
- It is August 14, 1941, the vigil of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, the Woman clothed with the sun and the moon and the stars, who long before had promised young Maximilian the twin crowns of purity and martyrdom for God. Anti-Catholicism
- They talked, feasted for hours on rich Italian food, and drank heavily - all for free.
- Men who give frequent feasts that are well attended generally gain renown for themselves. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
- Late in the day, just after we had feasted on the fruits of a wild cacao, we came upon a three-toed sloth climbing slowly through the upper branches of a cecropia tree. One River
- Elsewhere during the Hangover technology beanfeast, we understand that HP's own demo of Bluetooth was similarly rotten.
- On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
- It was one of these dishes that are a tasting menu in and of themselves, giving you the sensory pleasures of a voluptuous feast - only in tiny, manageable portions.
- Shy leaves hide under their brethren as the icy chill dives and chases each one like a predator feasting on a school of fish.