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to feast

to feast

5 2.7
To give someone a large special meal
  • verb
  • /fiːst/
translation icon : ofrecer un banquete
  • I look forward to feasting with him when our lands are free again.

Examples

  • Let's feast in my son's honor.

  • Come and feast, my friends.

  • Take your place by my side, and we will feast together.

  • Tomorrow night... the king shall feast the arrival of the count.

  • I'll send a company there with food and wine enough to feast a thousand.

  • And now, esteemed effendi, we feast.

  • We bear gifts and viands to feast the suitors who, on the tomorrow, ...come to woo our Princess.

  • It is high time, mighty Hrothgar, to break open your golden mead famed across the world and to feast in your legendary mead hall.

  • Let's feast on delicious foods while celebrating our victory.

  • During the festival, the villagers will feast together under the stars.

Synonyms

to serve
vsto feast
869 1.0

To give food or drink to someone, usually during a meal

means arranging the whole large elaborate meal rather than just handing out food
to cater
vsto feast
95 3.1

Provide food and drinks at an event, usually as a paid service

is done as a hosted large elaborate meal rather than as hired service
to dine
vsto feast
  • Formal
26 2.3

To host someone for dinner at your home

means arranging a much larger, more elaborate meal
to wine and dine
vsto feast
10 4.3

To treat someone to a fancy meal and drinks to impress them

is to give a large elaborate meal without implying persuasion
to banquet
vsto feast
  • Formal
1 4.5

To eat and enjoy a large formal meal with many people

is about giving a large elaborate meal not necessarily formal
to fete
vsto feast
  • Formal
1 7.7

To honor someone with a large celebration or party

is to provide a large elaborate meal rather than to honor specifically

Antonyms

58 4.6

To not eat or drink for a time

Idioms

feast or famine
  • Informal
1 5.3

A time when you have a lot of something and then very little

6.0

To look at something with great pleasure

9.9

A person or problem that spoils a happy event

Phrasal Verbs

1 6.2

Make simple food into a large special meal with many dishes

Compounds

6 3.7

A day for special celebration and big meals, often for religious or cultural reasons

1 7.8

A religious holiday that changes date each year

A week-long Jewish festival called Sukkot in autumn when people live briefly in small shelters to remember the desert journey

1 7.2

A meal people often share in a church to bring them closer

1 8.2

A large meal with roasted meat, bread, and mead shared by many people

A weeklong Jewish festival in autumn when people live in small huts to remember time in the desert

An eight-day Jewish festival also called Hanukkah that remembers the Temple in Jerusalem being made holy again

A celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church remembering the Virgin Mary being taken into heaven on August 15

An eight-day Jewish holiday called Hanukkah when families light candles each night to remember a miracle

A Muslim festival when families sacrifice an animal and share meat with the poor

A feast day in some Christian churches on January 1 that remembers Jesus' circumcision

An eight-day Jewish festival in winter called Hanukkah that celebrates the Temple in Jerusalem being made holy again

An eight-day Jewish festival in spring that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt

A Jewish holiday called Shavuot that remembers Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai

A religious holiday whose date changes each year

How Elaborate

to feast
5 2.7
to host
466 2.1
to cater
95 3.1
to serve
869 1.0
to feed
870 1.0

Surface Forms

feast infinitive
feasted past
feasted past participle
feasting present participle
feasts third person singular

Etymology

To feast someone, meaning to give a large meal, also comes from fest 'festival', where hosts put on a big celebration for guests. That's why to feast someone means to provide a grand meal for them.