Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal.
- intransitive verb To eat or feast.
- intransitive verb To give food to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A meal; the act of taking food.
- noun Food; victuals.
- noun Refreshment through sleep; repose.
- To feed; feast.
- To take food; feast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of taking food.
- noun That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
- verb obsolete To supply food to; to feast; to take food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A
meal . - noun uncountable The
food eaten at a meal. - verb obsolete, transitive To supply food to; to feast.
- verb obsolete, intransitive To take food.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the food served and eaten at one time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Hot chocolate, a popular accompaniment to la merienda, a light evening repast, is traditionally whipped until frothy with a molinillo, a ringed wooden beater invented by the Aztecs.
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Hot chocolate, a popular accompaniment to la merienda, a light evening repast, is traditionally whipped until frothy with a molinillo, a ringed wooden beater invented by the Aztecs.
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A typical regional repast is set out in assorted clay pots.
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A typical regional repast is set out in assorted clay pots.
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A typical regional repast is set out in assorted clay pots.
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On taking this, the guest places the knife and spoon at the right side, and the fork at the left, and spreads the doily at the left, placing the finger-bowl upon it, and when the repast is finished, he dips his fingers quietly into the bowl and dries them upon his napkin.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
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Only the centre piece for the repast was to be the newborn's placenta.
At My Table 2006
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Only the centre piece for the repast was to be the newborn's placenta.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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The Duke breakfasted at nine and the repast was a very simple one.
The Duke's Children 2004
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Their repast was a pretty long one; and these several interruptions rendered it impossible for them to hope to reach Rotherwood without travelling all night, a conviction which induced them to proceed on their way at a more hasty pace than they had hitherto used.
Ivanhoe 2004
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