n. & v.
--n.
1. a large or sumptuous meal.
2 a gratification to the senses or mind.
3 a an annual religious celebration. b a day dedicated to a particular saint.
4 an annual village festival.
--v.
1. intr. partake of a feast; eat and drink sumptuously.
2 tr. a regale. b pass (time) in feasting.
Phrases and idioms:
feast-day a day on which a feast (esp. in sense 3) is held. feast one's eyes on take pleasure in beholding. feast of reason intellectual talk.
Derivatives:
feaster n.
Etymology: ME f. OF feste, fester f. L festus joyous