English Dictionary

fast

/fɑːst/

verb

(intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food. / (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.

He fasts every year during Ramadan.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.

Thou didst fast and weep for the child.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.

The ideal would be to fast in a situation where you are not tempted by food

意味（3）

(transitive)(academic) To cause a person or animal to abstain, especially from eating.

At 11 weeks of age, all mice were fasted overnight and underwent gallbladder ultrasonography to determine ejection fraction.