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feast

noun

1 the occasion was celebrated with a great feast:

banquet, celebration meal, lavish dinner, sumptuous repast, large meal, formal meal, formal dinner;

treat, entertainment, jollification;

revels, festivities;

informal blowout, feed, junket, spread, binge, bash, do;

British, informal nosh-up, beanfeast, bunfight, beano, scoff, slap-up meal, tuck-in.

▷antonyms snack; fast.

2 the feast of St. Stephen:

festival, religious festival, feast day, saint's day, holy day, holiday, fete, festivity, celebration.

3 the decorations are a feast for the eyes:

treat, delight, joy, pleasure, gratification.

verb

1 they feasted on lobster and beef:

gorge on, dine on, eat one's fill of, indulge in, overindulge in;

eat, devour, consume, partake of;

banquet;

informal binge on, binge-eat, stuff one's face with, stuff oneself with, stuff down, shovel down, wolf down, pig oneself on, pig out on, make a pig of oneself on, cram in, tuck into, put away, pack away, make short work of, get outside of;

British, informal gollop, shift, get one's laughing gear round;

North American, informal snarf;

rare gourmandize.

2 they feasted the deputation:

hold a banquet for, throw a feast for, wine and dine, ply with food and drink, give someone a meal, feed, cater for;

entertain lavishly, regale, treat, fete, throw a party for, play host to.