to feast
- verb
- /fiːst/
- I look forward to feasting with him when our lands are free again.
Examples
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Let's feast in my son's honor.
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Come and feast, my friends.
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Take your place by my side, and we will feast together.
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Tomorrow night... the king shall feast the arrival of the count.
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I'll send a company there with food and wine enough to feast a thousand.
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And now, esteemed effendi, we feast.
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We bear gifts and viands to feast the suitors who, on the tomorrow, ...come to woo our Princess.
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It is high time, mighty Hrothgar, to break open your golden mead famed across the world and to feast in your legendary mead hall.
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Let's feast on delicious foods while celebrating our victory.
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During the festival, the villagers will feast together under the stars.
Synonyms
To give food or drink to someone, usually during a meal
Provide food and drinks at an event, usually as a paid service
To host someone for dinner at your home
To treat someone to a fancy meal and drinks to impress them
To eat and enjoy a large formal meal with many people
To honor someone with a large celebration or party
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Compounds
A day for special celebration and big meals, often for religious or cultural reasons
A week-long Jewish festival called Sukkot in autumn when people live briefly in small shelters to remember the desert journey
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
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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.