n. A festival in commemoration of some event, or in honor of some distinguished person; a set time of festivity and rejoicing: opposed to fast.n. A sumptuous entertainment or repast of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment.n. Any rich, delicious, or abundant repast or meal; hence, something delicious or highly agreeable, or in which some delectable quality abounds.n. Synonyms Feast, Banquet, Festival. The idea of a social meal of unusual richness or abundance, for the purposes of pleasure, may be common to these words. Feast is generic; specifically, it differs from banquet in the fact that at a feast the food is abundant and choice, while at a banquet there is richness or expensiveness, and especially pomp or ceremony. The essential characteristic of a festival is concurrence in the manifestation of joy, the joyous celebration of some event, feasting being a frequent but not necessary part: as, to hold high festival. See carousal.To make a feast; have a feast; eat sumptuously or abundantly.Figuratively, to dwell with gratification or delight: as, to feast on a poem or a picture.To provide with a feast; entertain with sumptuous fare.To delight; pamper; gratify luxuriously: as, to feast the soul.