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Meaning of Fasting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfæstɪŋ

Definitions

  1. Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.
  2. Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.

Equivalents

العربية الصوم صوم صيام
Azərbaycanca oruc
Български пост
Bosanski post pust пост
Català dejuni
Čeština hladovka pust
Cymraeg ympryd
Dansk faste
Deutsch Fasten Fastenzeit
Esperanto fasto
Español ayuno
فارسی روزه
Français fasting jeune
Gàidhlig trasg
Galego xaxún
Hrvatski post pust пост
Magyar böjt
Հայերեն ծոմ պահք պաս
Bahasa Indonesia puasa
Íslenska fasta
Italiano digiuno
日本語 不食 断食 絶食
ქართული მარხვა
Қазақша ашығу ораза
한국어 금식 단식 재계
Kurdî post pûşt pûşt
Кыргызча орозо
Latina ieiunium
Latviešu gavēnis gavēšana
Te Reo Māori nohopuku
Македонски пост
മലയാളം ഉപവാസം
मराठी उपवास
Bahasa Melayu puasa
Nederlands vasten
Polski post poszczenie
Português jejum
Română ajun post
Русский голодание пост
Slovenčina pôst
Slovenščina post
Српски post pust пост
Svenska fasta fastetid
Kiswahili funga saumu
Тоҷикӣ рӯза
ไทย การอด
Tagalog ayuno
Türkçe oruç
Українська голодува́ння піст
اردو روزہ

Examples

“Long vigils—fastings that wore away the strength of day—prayers that banished sleep from night—hoarded vengeance, that, like a fire, consumed its abode—affections crushed to the very earth—a memory whose love was with the grave,—a faith that had coloured itself with mortal passion,—all these had pressed too heavily on the springs of life and thought;...”
“Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump.”
“an obese patient while he was undergoing fasting for weight reduction”

CEFR level

C2
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