A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event, A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day, A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university, verb_ To take a period of time away from work or study, spend or take a vacation, intransitive verb_ To pass a holiday or vacation, adjective_ Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay, Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion