Food, provisions; (hence) a banquet, feast. In early use also spec.: provisions given as a levy, food rent.

A sumptuous meal for many guests, usually of a public or ceremonial nature; a banquet. Also: a series of such banquets.

Entertainment as a guest, lodging, hospitality. Also, a banquet, feast.

A sumptuous meal; a banquet. Also figurative.

A banquet; a ceremonial feast; a series of festivities.

A banquet, a feast. Cf. junket, n. 3a.

A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches.

A feast, banquet.

Feast; entertainment.

Originally: a feast, a banquet; a festive gathering or celebration. Later more usually: an excursion or pleasure trip in which eating and drinking…

A feast, an entertainment; = festino, n.2

A feast. to make one's (also a) maundy: to feast, to take part in a feast. Obsolete.

As a count noun (chiefly in plural). A feast, banquet, or other festive gathering; an excursion or pleasure trip, esp. one in which eating and…

A meal; esp. a formal or elegant meal; a feast, a banquet. Obsolete.

A meal; esp. a formal or elegant meal; a feast, a banquet; = entertainment, n. 4a(b).

A present, esp. of choice food or drink; a lavish meal or entertainment. Also figurative. Cf. regale, n.2

Entertainment, feasting; an entertainment, banquet (= treat, n.1 4). Obsolete exc. dialect.

concrete. An entertainment of food and drink, esp. one given without expense to the recipient; a feast, refection, collation. Obsolete or merged in b.

Originally: (Scottish) †an entertainment, a festivity (obsolete). Later: a sumptuous meal; a banquet; a feast (of a specified food). Now rare.

= regalement, n. 1.

Esp. in Italy: an entertainment or feast, usually with music and dancing.

A banquet, a lavish meal; = spread, n. 14.

colloquial. A banquet, a feast, a meal, now esp. a lavish one laid out on a table. Cf. earlier spreadation, n.

A dinner, supper, or other entertainment for which an abundant supply of food and drink is provided or at which it is consumed; a ‘feast’ or ‘feed’…

slang. Usually tuck-out (also tuck-in): A hearty meal; esp. in school use, a feast of delicacies, a ‘blowout’.

colloquial. A prolonged bout of drunkenness, a ‘spree’. Also a big feed, a ‘blow out’. (See also bust, n.3)