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2 dictionary results for: Fasting
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fast 2       (fāst)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts
  1. To abstain from food.
  2. To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

n.  
  1. The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.
  2. A period of such abstention or self-denial.


[Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan; see past- in Indo-European roots.]

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fasting

noun
abstaining from food [syn: fast

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