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fasting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fast |
| Type of | abstinence |
| Has types | diet, dieting, hunger strike, ramadan |
| Derivation | fast |
Examples of fasting
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Fasting is intended to inculcate self-discipline, self-restraint and generosity.
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The authors suggest using non-fasting triglyceride testing as an initial screen.
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Salah is not an act of exercising the limbs, fasting is not the latest fad diet.
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Those with a higher fasting glucose seemed to benefit the most from the vinegar.
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So Sengupta compared the ketone production of old and young mice during fasting.
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All the prayers, fasting and Masses offered for Susan did not prevent her death.
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Ramadan is observed as a period of fasting and spiritual reflection for Muslims.
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Weems, an avid weightlifter, talks about fasting as if it were an extreme sport.
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The HD mice on the intermittent fasting diet also lived 10 to 15 percent longer.
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- Abstaining from food
- Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
- Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
- Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"
- Abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
- In kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. ...
- The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. ...
- The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) museum holds a collection of aircraft, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment related material. It is based in Farnborough, Hampshire immediately adjacent to Farnborough Airfield.
