fast
verb/ʒɨˈʒwaɾ/medium
je·ju·ar
Definition
To voluntarily abstain from eating (and sometimes drinking) for a period of time, usually for religious, spiritual, health, or protest reasons.
She fasts every year for Yom Kippur.
Patients must fast before undergoing surgery.
Common collocations
to fast for religious reasonsto fast during Ramadanto fast for healthto fast for a day
Etymology
Do latim 'ieiunare'.