feast
feast is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii.
- 2.Note: Ecclesiastical fasts are called immovable when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they are called movable.
- 3.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.
- 4.3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment. The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. Pope. Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemo -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abudance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.
- 5.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.
- 6.2. To be highly gratified or delighted. With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak.
- 7.To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward.
- 8.To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul. Feast your ears with the music a while. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agreeable
- all
- amusement
- and
- animal
- anniversary
- appetite
- arch
- artillery
- avarice
- avaricious
- banyan
- bask
- bed
- belly
- blow
- bodily
- bolt
- bon
- bonfire
- bonne
- bouche
- calf
- celebrate
- celebrated
- celebration
- ceremony
- chair
- cheer
- cherry
- china
- clem
- clover
- comes
- comfort
- comfortable
- commemorate
- commemoration
- commemorative
- commons
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is feast.
- What is now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii called?
- What is note: Ecclesiastical fasts are called immovable when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they are called movable called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 2. To be highly gratified or delighted. With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak called?
- What is to entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward called?
- What is to delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul. Feast your ears with the music a while. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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