Meaning | abstaining from food. |
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Synonym | fast |
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Narrower | Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset / sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan |
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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 |
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Spanish | ayuno |
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Catalan | dejuni, dia dejunat |
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Verbs | fast | abstain from eating |
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fast | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons |