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feasting




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feasting
           They are feasting on turkey and venison.
     1. n. A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
feast
     1. n. A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
           We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
     2. n. Something delightful
           It was a feast for the eyes.
     3. n. A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
     4. v. (intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
           I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
     5. v. (intransitive) To dwell upon (something) with delight.
     6. v. To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
           We feasted them after the victory.
     7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

Example Sentences

Then they'll bury us back home, wrapped in a cotton flag, but it won't be nearly enough to stop the worms from feasting on our corpses. 



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