REPASTING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

repasting

verb

present participle of repast

as in feasting

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The resulting maggots hatch within a day and begin ravenously feasting on the living flesh of their victims.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Now, as then, the division’s richest are feasting on the rest.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of feasting

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During the summer, his sister Stephanie runs a fun and educational Farm Camp, where 100 kids experience all parts of the dairy farm, including feeding calves and milking cows.

— Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026
Unlike chess, which builds knowledge that mostly stays put on the board, reading keeps feeding the store of language and knowledge a person draws on for decades.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of feeding

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My servers, Simon Yun and Michael Richards, skillfully handled busy dining rooms from the first seating on a Friday evening to the last seating on a Tuesday night.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Fine-dining Anthology also returns with a tasting menu that tours through Italy.

— Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of dining

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Young Chinese people, like young Americans, are partaking in a new fad for fortune-telling.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
But perhaps one of the best ways to experience the resort exactly as the early millionaire club members did is by partaking in one of their favorite leisure pastimes—croquet.

— Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of partaking

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Thousands of human-bear confrontations are reported to DEEP each year, with most involving bears eating from trash cans or bird feeders.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
By contrast, another participant recalled disagreeing with a friend who believed drinking soda and eating fast food was harmless, a belief the participant considered factually wrong.

— Andras Molnar, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of eating

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