fast³ /fäst/

1. To abstain from food completely or restrict one's diet, eg as a religious duty
2. To go hungry

To deprive of food

1. Abstinence from food
2. Special abstinence ordered by the church
3. The day or time of fasting

Fastˈens noun

(OE fæstenes genitive of fæsten a fast) Shrove Tuesday (also called Fastens-eve (Scot Fasten-e'en or Fastern's-e'en) or Fastens Tuesday)

fastˈer noun

A person who fasts

fastˈing noun

Religious abstinence from food

fastˈ-day noun

1. A day of religious fasting
2. A day for humiliation and prayer, esp before communion

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