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fasting - 2 dictionary results

fast

2[fast, fahst]
–verb (used without object)
1. to abstain from all food.
2. to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, esp. as a religious observance.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast: to fast a patient for a day before surgery.
–noun
4. an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, esp. when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.
5. a day or period of fasting.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME fasten, OE fæstan; c. G fasten, Goth fastan, ON fasta
fast 2   (fāst)   
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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