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Definitions for Feast

[1] any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
[2] a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast.
[3] something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the eyes.
[4] 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.
[5] to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
[6] to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
[7] to provide or entertain with a feast.
[8] feast one's eyes , to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish: to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.
[9] a large and sumptuous meal, usually given as an entertainment for several people
[10] a periodic religious celebration
[11] something extremely pleasing or sumptuous a feast for the eyes
[12] movable feast a festival or other event of variable date
[13] (intr) to eat a feast (usually foll by on) to enjoy the eating (of), as if feasting to feast on cakes
[14] (tr) to give a feast to
[15] (intr foll by on ) to take great delight (in) to feast on beautiful paintings
[16] (tr) to regale or delight to feast one's mind or one's eyes

Words related to Feast

festivity, picnic, repast, festival, fiesta, dinner, gala, barbecue, dine, entertain, blow, carousal, carnival, blowout, entertainment, refreshment, fete, spread, regale, treat

Words nearby Feast

fearnought, fearsome, feasance, feasibility study, feasible, feast, feast day, feast of dedication, feast of fools, feast of lights, feast of lots

Origin of Feast

1150–1200; Middle English feste < Old French < Latin fēsta, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular noun) of fēstus festal, festive, equivalent to fēs- (akin to fair2) + -tus adj. suffix

Other words from Feast

feast·er , noun
feast·less , adjective
out·feast , verb (used with object)
o·ver·feast , verb
pre·feast , noun
un·feast·ed , adjective

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

Synonyms for Feast

barbecue, dinner, festival, festivity, fiesta, gala, picnic, repast, blow, blowout, carnival, carousal, clambake, entertainment, fete, jollification, merrymaking, potlatch, refreshment, regale, spread, treat, wassail, big feed, fest