feasting

feast

 (fēst)

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.

Idiom:

feast (one's) eyes on

To be delighted or gratified by the sight of: We feasted our eyes on the paintings.

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[Middle English feste, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fēsta, from Latin, pl. of fēstum, from fēstus, festive; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.]

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feast′er n.

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feasting

(ˈfiːstɪŋ)

n

the act or an instance of feasting

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

feasting - eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) banqueting eating, feeding - the act of consuming food

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Translations

pappatoria

feasting

[ˈfiːstɪŋ] n (= eating) → festin m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

feasting

[ˈfiːstɪŋ] n → banchetto

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