The meaning of Feast

noun

An elaborate and formal meal for many people.

Usage examples:

A state banquet at buckingham palace

verb

Entertain with a banquet.

Usage examples:

Ambassadors were fabulously banqueted and loaded with gifts

verb

Strike hard and violently.

Usage examples:

They bashed him over the head with a blunt object

noun

A heavy blow.

Usage examples:

A bash on the head

noun

A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs.

Usage examples:

He went on a binge and was in no shape to drive

verb

Indulge in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs, to excess.

Usage examples:

Some see the whole weekend as a chance to binge

noun

An occasion when an activity is done in an extreme way, esp. eating, drinking, or spending money

Usage examples:

He admits to having an occasional ice-cream binge., he’s on a binge, eating everything in sight., i…

noun

An occasion when a tyre on a vehicle bursts or an electric fuse melts.

Usage examples:

You never know when you are going to suffer a tyre blowout or when another driver is just going to …

noun

A sudden bursting and release of air from a tire on a moving vehicle

Usage examples:

He narrowly averted crashing into another car after the blowout., if the game is a blowout, fans st…

noun

A short period of time during which shares are sold for a high price

Usage examples:

Blowout in sth while there was a blowout in hi-tech shares in the us overnight, internet shares in …

verb

Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).

Usage examples:

People consume a good deal of sugar in drinks

verb

To use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts

Usage examples:

Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time., they consume a lot of candy., fire had consumed…

verb

To use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities

Usage examples:

It's a province of china which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year., this device will monitor how …

verb

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

Usage examples:

Very little work has been done in this field

noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Usage examples:

Do you have any pets?

noun

Variant spelling of doh1.

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Usage examples:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Usage examples:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

noun

The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.

Usage examples:

Everyone just sits in front of the television for entertainment

noun

Public shows, performances, or other ways of enjoying yourself

Usage examples:

[ c ] popular/family entertainments, the entertainment industry, [ u ] we’ve set a budget for house…

noun

The activity of taking customers or possible customers out to restaurants, bars, theatres, etc. as a way of encouraging them to do business with you

Usage examples:

Each manager has a fixed entertainment budget., the company is cutting back on money spent on corpo…

verb

Give food to.

Usage examples:

Did you remember to feed the cat?

noun

An act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one.

Usage examples:

The baby's morning feed

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

noun

Lively celebration with others; merrymaking.

Usage examples:

Eight months of commemorative jollification for the eiffel tower began in march

noun

An enjoyable activity or celebration

noun

An extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense.

Usage examples:

The latest row over city council junkets

verb

Attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense.

Usage examples:

The mayor junketed off to christchurch for a cricket match last week

noun

An unnecessary trip by a government official which is paid for with public money

Usage examples:

The senator is off on another junket to hawaii at taxpayers’ expense.

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Filling the freezer with all kinds of nosh

verb

Eat food enthusiastically or greedily.

Usage examples:

You can nosh to your heart's content

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.

Usage examples:

They spent the evening revelling with their guests

noun

Lively and noisy enjoyment, especially with drinking and dancing.

Usage examples:

Late-night revels

verb

To dance, sing, and enjoy yourself with others in a noisy way

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely

verb

Behave towards or deal with in a certain way.

Usage examples:

She had been brutally treated

noun

An event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure.

Usage examples:

He wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat

verb

Apply a process to with the aim of preparing for a purpose

idiom

Eat quickly