EITHER A FEAST OR A FAMINE

Meaning of EITHER A FEAST OR A FAMINE in English

See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

EITHER A FEAST OR A FAMINE — See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.
Словарь английских идиом
FEAST — festine, banquette, regale; v. festinar, regalar (se)
English interlingue dictionary
FAMINE — ~; (fig.) manca
English interlingue dictionary
EITHER — alcun. EITHER ... OR: sive ...sive, o ... o; (each) chascun; (both) ambi
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
EITHER — I. ˈēthə(r), sometimes ˈīth-; Eng & Wales ˈīth-; Ireland & Scot ˈāth- adjective Etymology: Middle English either, aither, adjective & …
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
EITHER — (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to …
Английский словарь Webster
EITHER — ( conj. Either ) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FEAST — — feaster , n. — feastless , adj. /feest/ , n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EITHER — /ee"dheuhr, uy"dheuhr/ , adj. 1. one or the other of two: You may sit at either end of the table. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EITHER — conj. precedes two or more coordinate words or phrases, either...or
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EITHER — adv. (Grammar) also, too, as well (used after a negative clause: I won't either)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
EITHER — I. ˈē-thər also ˈī- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣghwæther both, each, from ā always + ge-, collective …
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
EITHER — (·adj & ·pron) each of two; the one and the other; both; formerly, also, each of any number. 2. …
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
EITHER — [ei.ther] adj [ME, fr. OE aeghwaether both, each, fr. a always + ge-, collective prefix + hwaether which of two, …
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
EITHER — / ˈaɪðə(r); NAmE ; ˈiːðə(r)/ determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun 1. one or the other of …
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
EITHER
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
EITHER — adj., pron., adv., & conj. --adj. & pron. 1 one or the other of two (either of you can go; …
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
EITHER — adj., pron., adv., & conj. adj. & pron. 1 one or the other of two (either of you can go; …
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
EITHER — adj., pron., adv., & conj. --adj. & pron. 1. one or the other of two (either of you can go; …
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
EITHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use either in front 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
EITHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in front of …
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
EITHER — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES either side (= both sides ) ▪ There were tall hedges on either side …
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
EITHER — (CHOICE) [determiner], [pronoun], [conjunction] - used when referring to a choice between two possibilitiesEither candidate would be ideal for the …
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 …
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