| NOUN | act | fasting, fast | abstaining from food |
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| Sounds | fae'stihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | abstaining from food. | |
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| Synonym | fast | |
| Narrower | Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset / sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan |
| diet, dieting | The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | |
| hunger strike | A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest | |
| Broader | abstinence | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
| Spanish | ayuno | |
| Catalan | dejuni, dia dejunat | |
| Verbs | fast | abstain from eating |
| fast | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons | |
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