FAST
verb
Definitions
- 1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.
- 2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21. Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
FAST
(adjective)
1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps...
FAST
(adverb)
1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13.
2. In a fast or rapid manner; qu...
FAST
(noun)
1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.
2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of t...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
