Synonyms for fasting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fast, fahst

Phonetic Transcription : fæst, fɑst

Définition of fasting

Origin : Old English fæst "firmly fixed, steadfast, secure, enclosed," probably from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (cf. Old Frisian fest, Old Norse fastr, Dutch vast, German fest), from PIE root *past- "firm" (cf. Sanskrit pastyam "dwelling place").
The adverb meaning "quickly, swiftly" was perhaps in Old English, or from Old Norse fast, either way developing from the sense of "firmly, strongly, vigorously" (cf. to run hard means to run fast; also compare fast asleep), or perhaps from the notion of a runner who "sticks" close to whatever he is chasing.
The sense of "living an unrestrained life" (usually of women) is from 1746 (fast living is from 1745). Fast buck recorded from 1947; fast food is first attested 1951. Fast-forward first recorded 1948. Fast lane is by 1966; the fast track originally was in horse-racing (1934); figurative sense by 1960s. To fast talk someone (v.) is recorded by 1946.

verb go without food

Example sentences :

In prayer and penance and fasting he would find help and consolation.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

But the results of his fasting were the reverse of his expectations.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There's nothing but prayer and penance and fasting left to us, is there?
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

You will need strength and courage, and neither is possible to a fasting body.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

They had done penance enough, fasting and waiting and standing all day long.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

He is an invalid, and is quite exhausted with fasting and fatigue.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Her eyes were overlarge from fasting as they hung on the face of the big captain.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

I have made this anniversary a day of fasting for many a year back.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

There's eight or nine at laste, and it is'nt fresh and fasting either they are.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

When he was not fasting, none but the plainest food passed his lips.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Antonyms for fasting

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