FEAST-OR-FAMINE

Meaning of FEAST-OR-FAMINE in English

/feest"euhr fam"in/ , adj.

characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FEAST-OR-FAMINE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : marked by extremes (as of success and failure or prosperity and depression) ski-area operators agree that theirs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEAST OR FAMINE — we either have too little or too much, boom or bust When we were in business we'd have years of …
English Idioms vocabulary
FEAST — festine, banquette, regale; v. festinar, regalar (se)
English interlingue dictionary
FAMINE — ~; (fig.) manca
English interlingue dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEAST — I. ˈfēst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English feste festival, holiday, feast, from Old French, festival, from Latin festa …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAMINE — ˈfamə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin famina, from Latin fames hunger …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEAST — (v. t.) To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.
Английский словарь Webster
FEAST — — feaster , n. — feastless , adj. /feest/ , n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEAST — I. ˈfēst noun Etymology: Middle English feste, from Anglo-French, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival, from neuter of festus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEAST — noun to be highly gratified or delighted. 2. feast ·noun a festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a …
Webster English vocab
FEAST — [feast] n [ME feste festival, feast, fr. MF, festival, fr. L festa, pl. of festum festival, fr. neut. of festus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEAST — also called festival day or period of time set aside to commemorate, ritually celebrate or reenact, or anticipate events or …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAMINE — extreme and protracted shortage of food, causing widespread and persistent hunger, emaciation of the affected population, and a substantial increase …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEAST — feast BrE AmE fiːst ▷ feasted ˈfiːst ɪd -əd ▷ feaster/s ˈfiːst ə/z AmE \ - ə r/z ▷ feasting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAMINE — famine BrE AmE ˈfæm ɪn § \ -ən ▷ famine|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FEAST — / fiːst; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( formal ) 1. a large or special meal, especially for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMINE — / ˈfæmɪn; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] a lack of food during a long period of time …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEAST — I. feast 1 /fiːst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: feste 'occasion of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAMINE — fam ‧ ine /ˈfæmən, ˈfæmɪn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEAST — n. & v. --n. 1 a large or sumptuous meal. 2 a gratification to the senses or mind. 3 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAMINE — n. 1 a extreme scarcity of food. b a shortage of something specified (water famine). 2 archaic hunger, starvation. [ME …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEAST — n. & v. n. 1 a large or sumptuous meal. 2 a gratification to the senses or mind. 3 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAMINE — n. 1 a extreme scarcity of food. b a shortage of something specified (water famine). 2 archaic hunger, starvation. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
FEAST — n. & v. --n. 1. a large or sumptuous meal. 2 a gratification to the senses or mind. 3 a …
Oxford English vocab
FAMINE — n.1 a extreme scarcity of food. b a shortage of something specified (water famine). 2 archaic hunger, starvation. Etymology: ME …
Oxford English vocab
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEAST — ( feasts, feasting, feasted) 1. A feast is a large and special meal. Lunch was a feast of meat and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMINE — ( famines) Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMINE — (~s) Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEAST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bean feast movable feast COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ It was one …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAMINE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a famine victim (= someone who has had no food to eat for a long …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEAST — (FOOD) [noun] [C] - a special meal with very good food or a large meal for many people"What a feast!" …
Cambridge English vocab
FAMINE — [noun] - not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when …
Cambridge English vocab
FEAST — Synonyms and related words : High Holiday, High Holy Day, Lucullan feast, Mardi Gras, Sabbath, Saturnalia, Sunday, allay, anniversary, appease, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAMINE — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.
Slang English vocab
FEAST — noun 1 special meal ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious ▪ veritable ( often figurative ) ▪ a veritable ~ of music ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FAMINE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devastating , great , severe , terrible ▪ widespread ▪ man-made VERB + FAMINE ▪ face , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEAST — n. 25B6; noun a wedding feast : BANQUET, celebration meal, lavish dinner; treat, entertainment; revels, festivities; informal blowout, spread; Brit. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAMINE — n. 25B6; noun a nation threatened by famine : SCARCITY OF FOOD, food shortages. the cotton famine : SHORTAGE, scarcity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEAST — n. 1 banquet, (lavish) dinner, (sumptuous) repast, (Lucullan or Epicurean) treat, Colloq spread, Brit beanfeast; Slang blow-out, Brit beano Dinner …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FAMINE — n. starvation; shortage, dearth, scarcity, deficiency, paucity, exiguity, barrenness, lack In days of abundance, no one should die of famine
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FAMINE — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.
Словарь английских идиом
FAMINE — In the whole of Syria and Arabia, the fruits of the earth must ever be dependent on rain; the watersheds …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEAST — 1. сущ. 1) а) празднование, торжество б) банкет, пир, званый обед (ужин) a royal, sumptuous feast ≈ королевский, роскошный пир …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAMINE — сущ. 1) голод (стихийное бедствие) widespread famine ≈ повсеместный голод Famine struck several provinces. ≈ В некоторых районах сильный голод. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEAST — feast.ogg 1. fi:st n 1. пир; празднество; банкет marriage feast - брачный пир to make (a) feast - пировать, устраивать …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAMINE — famine.ogg ʹfæmın n 1. голод ( стихийное бедствие ) in the years of famine - в голодные годы 2. голодание …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEAST — 1. [fi:st] n 1. пир; празднество; банкет marriage ~ - брачный пир to make (a) ~ - пировать, устраивать пир …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FEAST — 1. fi:st n 1. пир; празднество; банкет marriage feast - брачный пир to make (a) feast - пировать, устраивать пир …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FAMINE — n 1. голод ( стихийное бедствие ) in the years of famine - в голодные годы 2. голодание to die …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEAST — 1. сущ. 1) а) празднование, торжество б) банкет, пир, званый обед (ужин) a royal, sumptuous feast — королевский, роскошный пир …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FAMINE — сущ. 1) голод ( стихийное бедствие ) widespread famine — повсеместный голод Famine struck several provinces. — В некоторых районах …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEAST — 1. сущ. 1) а) празднование, торжество б) банкет, пир, званый обед (ужин) a royal, sumptuous feast — королевский, роскошный пир Mr. Jones again made a …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FAMINE — сущ. 1) голод (стихийное бедствие) widespread famine — повсеместный голод Famine struck several provinces. — В некоторых районах сильный голод. 2) голодание Syn: starvation, hunger 1. 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FEAST — 1. _n. 1> пир; празднество; банкет 2> удовольствие, наслаждение; a feast for the eye(s) - приятное зрелище 3> праздник; ежегодный …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FAMINE — _n. 1> голод (стихийное бедствие); голодание 2> недостаток - water famine 3> _attr. - famine prices
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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