Feast
noun
A big meal, usually for a lot of people, often celebrating something.
They held a great feast to celebrate the king's birthday.
Often appears as...
- celebratory feast
- holiday feast
verb
To eat a large amount of food, usually at a social event.
We feasted on fruits and fresh vegetables.
Often appears as...
- feast on
- feast upon
verb
To enjoy something a lot.
She feasted her eyes on the beautiful sunset.
Often appears as...
- feast your eyes
- feast on
noun
In religion, a special day for eating particular foods or performing certain rituals.
Easter is an important feast in the Christian year.
Often appears as...
- religious feast
- feast day
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A large or rich amount of something.
The museum offers a feast of art for visitors.
Often appears as...
- visual feast
- feast for the senses
noun
A big meal, usually for a lot of people, often celebrating something.
They held a great feast to celebrate the king's birthday.
Often appears as...
- celebratory feast
- holiday feast
verb
To eat a large amount of food, usually at a social event.
We feasted on fruits and fresh vegetables.
Often appears as...
- feast on
- feast upon
verb
To enjoy something a lot.
She feasted her eyes on the beautiful sunset.
Often appears as...
- feast your eyes
- feast on
noun
In religion, a special day for eating particular foods or performing certain rituals.
Easter is an important feast in the Christian year.
Often appears as...
- religious feast
- feast day
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A large or rich amount of something.
The museum offers a feast of art for visitors.
Often appears as...
- visual feast
- feast for the senses
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Community Events
The word 'feast' often implies a shared experience, bringing people together for celebration.
The village had a huge feast after the harvest.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Everyday
'Feast' usually denotes a special occasion, not a regular meal.
Our family prepares a feast every Christmas.
Pro Tip 3/3Grand Scale
Imagine a 'feast' as more than just food; it's an event with decoration, tradition, and ceremony.
The wedding feast was served in a hall adorned with flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Community Events
The word 'feast' often implies a shared experience, bringing people together for celebration.
The village had a huge feast after the harvest.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Everyday
'Feast' usually denotes a special occasion, not a regular meal.
Our family prepares a feast every Christmas.
Pro Tip 3/3Grand Scale
Imagine a 'feast' as more than just food; it's an event with decoration, tradition, and ceremony.
The wedding feast was served in a hall adorned with flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Community Events
The word 'feast' often implies a shared experience, bringing people together for celebration.
The village had a huge feast after the harvest.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Everyday
'Feast' usually denotes a special occasion, not a regular meal.
Our family prepares a feast every Christmas.
Pro Tip 3/3Grand Scale
Imagine a 'feast' as more than just food; it's an event with decoration, tradition, and ceremony.
The wedding feast was served in a hall adorned with flowers.
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Video examples
Dive into an ocean...
and then they rush in to dine on this pulsating and movable feast. Close behind are sharks. Now, most people believe that sharks and dolphins are these mortal enemies, but during the Sardine Run, they actually coexist. In fact, dolphins actually help sharks feed more effectively.
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This Plant Traps its...
some have been found which have stems up to six meters long whilst others have traps which are more than 40 centimeters deep and can hold two liters of flesh digesting liquid whilst most of these meat-eating plants feast on ants flies and insects in the
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History through the eyes...
may have evolved to take advantage of these rare feasts, increasing their population when food was abundant. This was something humans could exploit on a consistent basis, and the birds’ weak flight capabilities and limited need for space made them
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May Bsisu: The Arab...
people who read your book and enjoy your book and people who are going to enjoy the feast we're having tonight what would you like them to take away from this evening I'd like them to take away that food is love food is appreciation
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My tango double-life PIPE...
buddies have become my best friends through late night ted-like conversations so tango tango offers a feast for the senses a workout for the body and a bliss for the psyche not bad for a double life thank you
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Fire and Feast PIPE A...
fertilized by ash the savannah grows anew some grasses gaining up to three centimeters in just 24 hours once again the fire brings feast this surge of life from the ashes feeds the next generation
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Planet Earth: A...
to raise our spirits during the pandemic we brought together composer han zimmer and jacob shea and top selling artist dave to create a visual and musical feast
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Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
are the largest tree fruits in the world a feast but until they're ripe they remain completely inedible and macaques unfortunately find it hard to tell which
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Periodical Cicadas...
For turtles and other inhabitants of the forest, this is a feast they're lucky to see once in their lifetime and they gorge themselves while they can.
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The Blue Planet...
sharks hagfish and a whole succession of different deep sea scavengers will feast on the carcass for years before all its nutriment has gone
Video examples
Dive into an ocean...
and then they rush in to dine on this pulsating and movable feast. Close behind are sharks. Now, most people believe that sharks and dolphins are these mortal enemies, but during the Sardine Run, they actually coexist. In fact, dolphins actually help sharks feed more effectively.
Video examples
This Plant Traps its...
some have been found which have stems up to six meters long whilst others have traps which are more than 40 centimeters deep and can hold two liters of flesh digesting liquid whilst most of these meat-eating plants feast on ants flies and insects in the
Video examples
History through the eyes...
may have evolved to take advantage of these rare feasts, increasing their population when food was abundant. This was something humans could exploit on a consistent basis, and the birds’ weak flight capabilities and limited need for space made them
Video examples
May Bsisu: The Arab...
people who read your book and enjoy your book and people who are going to enjoy the feast we're having tonight what would you like them to take away from this evening I'd like them to take away that food is love food is appreciation
Video examples
My tango double-life PIPE...
buddies have become my best friends through late night ted-like conversations so tango tango offers a feast for the senses a workout for the body and a bliss for the psyche not bad for a double life thank you
Video examples
Fire and Feast PIPE A...
fertilized by ash the savannah grows anew some grasses gaining up to three centimeters in just 24 hours once again the fire brings feast this surge of life from the ashes feeds the next generation
Video examples
Planet Earth: A...
to raise our spirits during the pandemic we brought together composer han zimmer and jacob shea and top selling artist dave to create a visual and musical feast
Video examples
Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
are the largest tree fruits in the world a feast but until they're ripe they remain completely inedible and macaques unfortunately find it hard to tell which
Video examples
Periodical Cicadas...
For turtles and other inhabitants of the forest, this is a feast they're lucky to see once in their lifetime and they gorge themselves while they can.
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
sharks hagfish and a whole succession of different deep sea scavengers will feast on the carcass for years before all its nutriment has gone
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Quote examples
Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.
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Kim Brooks
American Writer
I adore cooking and baking and holiday feasts and dining with friends and spending too much money on mind-blowing meals in wonderful restaurants, but mostly, and quite simply, I love food.
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Ann Wilson
American Musician
Just being out in the world, you see so many things, and every day, you experience so many concepts and different people and their coolness and weirdness. It's a feast of ideas.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
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Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
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William Inge
English Clergyman
Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
Eating's pretty major; we have feasts at our house.
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James Taylor
American Musician
A concert is always like a feast day to me.
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Joshua Sylvester
English Poet
Enough is as good as a feast.
Quote examples
Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.
Quote examples
Kim Brooks
American Writer
I adore cooking and baking and holiday feasts and dining with friends and spending too much money on mind-blowing meals in wonderful restaurants, but mostly, and quite simply, I love food.
Quote examples
Ann Wilson
American Musician
Just being out in the world, you see so many things, and every day, you experience so many concepts and different people and their coolness and weirdness. It's a feast of ideas.
Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
Quote examples
William Inge
English Clergyman
Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.
Quote examples
Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
Quote examples
Trudie Styler
English Actress
Eating's pretty major; we have feasts at our house.
Quote examples
James Taylor
American Musician
A concert is always like a feast day to me.
Quote examples
Joshua Sylvester
English Poet
Enough is as good as a feast.
Example 1 of 10
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