fasting

Speech parts

1. fasting - Noun

2. fasting - Verb

Meaning

of Fast

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

FAST starvation abstinence abstention self-denial hunger strike abstaining religious fasting lenten temperance flagellation siam empty diet hungry
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Antonyms

full consumption fat loaded dining lined
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Hypernyms

abstinence

Hyponyms

ramadan diet dieting hunger strike

Phrases with the word

religious fasting period of fasting fasting blood sugar fasting glucose skin fasting

Examples

He is mistaken who thinks that the fast consists only in abstinence from food. True fasting is departing from evil. John Chrysostom

If fasting were all about food, then the cows would be holy. John of Damascus

Fasting of the body is food for the soul. John Chrysostom

He that lives on hope will die fasting. American Proverb

It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch. Ecuadoran Proverb

It is easy for someone to talk about fasting when he has a full belly. Croatian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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