Feast Definition

fēst
feasted, feasting, feasts
noun
feasts
A rich and elaborate meal; banquet.
Webster's New World
A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
American Heritage
A celebration or festival; esp., a periodic religious celebration, as in honor of God or a saint.
Webster's New World
Anything that gives pleasure because of its abundance or richness.
Webster's New World

Something delightful.

It was a feast for the eyes.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
  • snack
  • light meal
verb
feasted, feasting, feasts
To entertain at a feast or banquet.
Webster's New World
To eat a rich, elaborate meal.
Webster's New World
To have a special treat.
Webster's New World
To gratify or delight as with a feast.
Feast your eyes on this!
Webster's New World
To experience something with gratification or delight.
Feasted on the view.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
idiom
feast (one's) eyes on
  • To be delighted or gratified by the sight of:

    We feasted our eyes on the paintings.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Feast

Noun

Singular:
feast
Plural:
feasts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Feast

  • feast (one's) eyes on

Origin of Feast

  • From Middle English feest, feste, fest, from Old French feste, from Latin festa, plural of festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēs- (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theos, “god, goddess”). More at theo-.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English feste from Old French from Vulgar Latin fēsta from Latin pl. of fēstum from fēstus festive dhēs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English feesten, festen, from Old French fester, from Medieval Latin festāre, from the noun. See above.

    From Wiktionary

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