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# feast

«feast» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a feast, feasts); verb (feast, feasts, feasted, feasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#m1)

2) (noun) A religious festival day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#m2)

3) (verb) To eat a lot of good food with enjoyment: «feast on». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#m3)

4) (noun) Something very enjoyable for the senses: «a feast for the eyes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, kings hold feasts and banquets. In everyday life, family celebrations can be a feast. In nature: birds feast on berries. Phrases: «feast your eyes on» (look at with pleasure), «a midnight feast» (a secret snack party, popular in school stories).

### examples

- The king held a great feast in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x1)
- We had a feast at Gran's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x2)
- The birds feasted on the berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x3)
- The children had a midnight feast at the sleepover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x4)
- The garden in spring is a feast for the eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x5)
- Feast your eyes on this cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x6)
- Ants feasted on the dropped jam sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x7)
- And what a feast that was! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. Verb usually with «on»: feast on fruit. «Feast or famine» means too much or too little. In maths, feast problems often share food equally: total ÷ guests.

### In the corpora

- [The same dandelion is a weed on Dad's lawn and a feast for the first bees of spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/340-weeds-and-wildflowers-dandelions-nettles-daisies-clover-and-plantain/1/)
- [No landing allowed»; there are stables and a very old banqueting-hall (a big dining hall for feasts).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/29/)
- [On the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, chiefs won respect by giving huge gifts at feasts called potlatches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/9/)
- [The father ran to welcome the younger son and threw a feast for him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep/12/)
- [The first Pentecost happened during a Jewish harvest feast, Shavuot, held fifty days after Passover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.