to fast
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4.6
- verb
- /fæst/
- To prepare for his medical exam, he had to fast for twelve hours beforehand.
- fasting blood glucose
- fasting blood test
- fasting blood glucose level
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Watch on YouTubeIf it's in your practice to fast fast, that's fine.
- If it's in your practice to fast fast, that's fine.
- So how should people think about fasted versus fed?
- When did you start fasting and why?
- So you'll notice I don't fast very often because it's painful.
- Maybe the people who can't fast, maybe they don't leave comments Even so.
- And the way that it works is when you're fasting, you go, I can eat it tomorrow.
- That's the miraculous thing about this biological system is like I fast often.
- And then I'm also fasting again.
- We know from science the the, the Mystics have fasted for years.
- So just remember though, you fast when you're asleep.
- You enter the winter state and at some point you fast for long enough, and that's your switch, right?
- It doesn't take the way we judge is we fast them until their symptoms resolved.
- The cool thing about the big gifts is that our church fast around a bucket at KFC bucket.
- That's just me that I am alright, but let me continue so fast for the month later.
Examples
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But in the old days, one would fast all of Lent.
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Well, thank you for the thought, Sister, but I am fasting.
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When did you start fasting and why?
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I think we all felt guilty, as if we should be fasting to show respect.
Fiction book (1992) -
While the rest of us ate, the Cat fasted in preparation for the Hunt.
Fiction book (1991) -
So you'll notice I don't fast very often because it's painful.
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I just don't understand why you insist on fasting.
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Having started to meditate daily, she then began fasting and refused to bathe or change her clothes.
Academic text (1997) -
She decided to fast for three days to cleanse her body and spirit.
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Many people fast during Ramadan to grow closer to their faith.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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8.0
Act in a careless way by ignoring rules and other people's feelings
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
154
1.0
Cheap food that is already cooked and sold to eat quickly, like hamburgers or fried chicken
- Jargon
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3.5
A quick attack where a team moves fast down the court to score before the defense sets up
- Specialized
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8.4
A nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons without a moderator to make energy
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way of running a simulation where time moves faster than real life
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9.9
A Jewish fast kept by firstborn sons the day before Passover to remember how they were saved in Egypt
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9.9
A one-day event when many Jews do not eat or drink before Purim to remember Esther
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9.9
A major Jewish fast on the ninth day of Av that remembers the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
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9.9
A Jewish day when people do not eat or drink from dawn to dusk to remember Jerusalem's walls being broken
- Specialized
A set of computer rules that lets local devices send secure messages and manage a network
A major Jewish day when people do not eat to remember when the temples were destroyed in Jerusalem
A day in the Jewish calendar when Jews do not eat or drink to remember Gedaliah's killing
A minor Jewish fast on the tenth of Tevet to remember the siege of Jerusalem and Holocaust victims
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Fast as a verb comes from an old idea of 'holding back' or keeping firm control, so to fast is to 'hold back' from food for religious or medical reasons. That is why doctors or religions may ask you to fast before a test or a ritual.