"feasting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feastings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feasting (plural feastings)
  1. A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
    Sense id: en-feasting-en-noun-wSu~3RQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} feasting
  1. present participle and gerund of feast Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: feast
    Sense id: en-feasting-en-verb-pWhDORVl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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