feast
verb/fiːst/
/fiːst/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they feast | /fiːst/ /fiːst/ |
| he / she / it feasts | /fiːsts/ /fiːsts/ |
| past simple feasted | /ˈfiːstɪd/ /ˈfiːstɪd/ |
| past participle feasted | /ˈfiːstɪd/ /ˈfiːstɪd/ |
| -ing form feasting | /ˈfiːstɪŋ/ /ˈfiːstɪŋ/ |
- feast (on something) to eat a large amount of food with great pleasure
- We sat in the yard feasting on barbecued chicken and beer.
Extra Examples- Flies were feasting on the rotting flesh.
- The chief invited the villagers to feast and make merry.
- They feasted on eggs, bacon, toast and coffee.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French feste (noun), fester (verb), from Latin festa, neuter plural of festus ‘joyous’. Compare with fete and fiesta.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See feast in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfeast your eyes (on somebody/something)
- to look at somebody/something and get great pleasure
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