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[fast, fahst]

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verb (used without object)

to abstain from all food.

to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance.

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verb (used with object)

to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast: to fast a patient for a day before surgery.

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noun

an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, especially when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.

a day or period of fasting.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English fasten, Old English fæstan; cognate with German fasten, Gothic fastan, Old Norse fasta

Related forms

un·fast·ing, adjective

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The fasting glucose tolerance test is the simplest and fastest way to measure blood glucose and diagnose diabetes.

But the movement kept going unabated through the fasting month.

He prepares for this through fasting and prayer but it will take several hours for the procession to reach the temple.

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The fasting glucose tolerance test is the simplest and fastest way to measure blood glucose and diagnose diabetes.

But the movement kept going unabated through the fasting month.

He prepares for this through fasting and prayer but it will take several hours for the procession to reach the temple.

Researchers depleted serotonin in subjects-via fasting and amino acid loading-then asked them to participate in an ultimatum game.

People have been cleansing or fasting for health and spiritual clarity for centuries.

Her notion was to walk as a pilgrim, fasting until she was given food and not resting until she found shelter.

After fasting overnight and having their blood fat levels tested, the subjects ate up.

Fasting unto death became a fashion for every politician.

But he thinks the focus that comes from fasting all day.

Take the first prayer, which is supposed to begin when the night turns to dawn, when fasting also starts.

Sembiring says the plan will work, and in time for the fasting month.

She is a teetotalling vegetarian, keen on the clear state of consciousness delivered by fasting.

So then the researchers called in nine fasting humans, to see if our sniffing powers get a boost from ghrelin.

In this way the stomach and intestine re-modelled themselves in anticipation of the next fasting and feeding periods.

As conflicts arise in the present, one can see that the fasting is indicative of the character's denial of self.

Many observed the anniversary a year later as a day of fasting and prayer.

Hazare refused to go unless authorities agreed that he could follow through on his earlier fasting plans.

Glucagon counters the ill effects of fasting by increasing blood sugar and controlling energy balance.

At night, when the fasting is over, the celebrating begins.

Turkish soldiers are not at the peak of their strength in this season because they are fasting.

May be instead of fasting and doing protest about corruption etc, they should focus on collecting evidences.

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Word Origin & History

fast

O.E. fæstan "to fast" (as a religious duty), from P.Gmc. *fastejan (cf. O.Fris. festia, O.H.G. fasten, O.N. fasta), from the same root as fast (adj.). The original meaning was "hold firmly," and the sense evolution is via "firm control of oneself," to "holding to observance"

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(cf. Goth. fastan "to keep, observe," also "to fast"). Presumably the whole group is a Gmc. translation of M.L. observare "to fast." Related: Fasted; fasting.

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Medical Dictionary

fast ²
v. fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts

To abstain from food.
To eat little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

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

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"Come, thou shalt go home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, and moreo'er puddings and flap-jacks, and thou shalt be welcome."

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