FAST
noun
Definitions
- 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 time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
- 3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. -- To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.
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
(verb)
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 pr...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
