fast

/fæst/ v [I] (NOT EAT)

Definition

› to have a period of time when you eat no food: We will be fasting until sundown tomorrow. fast

/fæst/ n [C] › They organized a fast to draw attention to the issue of hunger.

(Definition of fast v (NOT EAT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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