repasting

verb

present participle of repast
as in feasting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repasting
  1. feasting
  2. feeding
  3. dining
  4. partaking
  5. eating
  6. refreshing
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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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  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Now, Summer House is the show feeding the great maw of the Bravoverse.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeding
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  • Fine-dining Anthology also returns with a tasting menu that tours through Italy.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The couple has been busy promoting The Odyssey and the new Spider-Man film (and dining their way around the world), but who knows?
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dining
Verb
  • 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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  • With plenty of summer still ahead, my mom is refreshing her wardrobe with a few sundresses from the retailer.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Venus enters Libra and your 1st House of Self, refreshing your confidence, charm, style, and personal magnetism.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of refreshing
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