- fast, fasting - abstaining from food
--1 is a kind of abstinence
--1 has particulars: diet, dieting; hunger strike; RamadanDerived forms: verb fast1, verb fast2
- fast - abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
--1 is one way to abstain, refrain, desist
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun fast1, noun fasting1
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- fast - abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
--2 is one way to abstain, refrain, desist
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun fast1, noun fasting1
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