Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.

    abstaining from food

  2. (countable, uncountable)Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.

    Fasten, Fastenzeit

    постpost, голода́ниеgolodánije, постpost

    пістpist, голодува́нняholoduvánnja, пістpist

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food:
Русский
By meaning 1
act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food:
period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food:

Origin

By surface analysis, fast + -ing.

By surface analysis, fast + -ing.

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Forms

plural: fastings
Singularfasting
Pluralfastings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • abstaining from food:fast

Word family

7 related words
Relatedfast
Derivedfasting glucosefasting spittlenonfastingprefastingskin fastingunfasting

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fastballfastenB1fastenerfastidiousfatA1fatalB2

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