feast
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,737 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,060 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a ceremonial dinner party for many people also: banquet
- something experienced with great delight a feast for the eyes
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed also: banquet, spread a banquet for the graduating seniorsthe Thanksgiving feast
- an elaborate party (often outdoors) also: fete, fiesta
verb
- partake in a feast or banquet also: banquet, junket
- provide a feast or banquet for also: banquet, junket
- gratify also: feed feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view
feast in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We have kindled the coals, And we boil the rice For the feast of souls.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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This was the feast; and alas! never was the want of experience more strongly felt than here.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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In fact, John and he were the only guests that contributed nothing to the feast save hearty appetites.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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They grow plentifully on the alluvial banks of Hunter's river, and supply a yearly Christmas feast to the birds.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 271 · Various · Chapter 1
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Every one was very busy preparing not only for the feast of the evening, but for the two coming holidays.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1