What does Fasting mean?
Definitions for Fasting
fast·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
fast, fastingnoun
abstaining from food
Wiktionary
fastingnoun
Action of the verb to fast.
ChatGPT
fasting
Fasting is the practice of abstaining or restricting intake of food, drink, or both for a specific period of time. It's often used for religious, medical, or weight loss purposes. During a fast, individuals refrain from eating or in some cases, only consume certain types of food or drink.
Webster Dictionary
Fasting
of Fast
Wikidata
Fasting
Fasting is primarily an act of willing abstention from all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. An absolute fast is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a single day, or several days. Other fasts may be only partially restrictive, limiting particular foods or substance. The fast may also be intermittent in nature. Fasting practices may preclude sexual intercourse and other activities as well as food. In a physiological context, fasting may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight, and to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. Several metabolic adjustments occur during fasting, and some diagnostic tests are used to determine a fasting state. For example, a person is assumed to be fasting after 8–12 hours. Metabolic changes toward the fasting state begin after absorption of a meal; "post-absorptive state" is synonymous with this usage, in contrast to the "post-prandial" state of ongoing digestion. A diagnostic fast refers to prolonged fasting conducted under observation for investigation of a problem, usually hypoglycemia. Finally, extended fasting has been recommended as therapy for various conditions by health professionals of most cultures, throughout history, from ancient to modern.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Fasting
Abstaining from all food.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Fasting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Fasting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Fasting in a Sentence
Prophet Mohammed, Muslim & Bukhari:
Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind.
It's almost like a fasting, like a Lent fasting -- you're not supposed to eat any meat.
Intermittent fasting has been in a hinterland for many, many years. There's been really no data on it.
The human fasting mimicking diet (FMD) program is a plant based diet program designed to attain fasting-like effects while providing micronutrient nourishment (vitamins, minerals, etc.) and minimize the burden of fasting.
Your body is being starved when intermittent fasting happens, people may develop binge eating disorder or bulimia as a result, leading to all sorts of other physical and psychological problems.
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- صيامArabic
- orucAzerbaijani
- пост, галаданнеBelarusian
- постBulgarian
- ཟས་གཅོདTibetan Standard
- yunBreton
- dia dejunat, dejuniCatalan, Valencian
- půstCzech
- ymprydWelsh
- fasteDanish
- Fasten, FastenzeitGerman
- νηστείαGreek
- fastoEsperanto
- ayunoSpanish
- paastEstonian
- barau, baraualdiBasque
- روزهPersian
- paasto, paastoaminenFinnish
- føstaFaroese
- jeûneFrench
- troscadhIrish
- trasgScottish Gaelic
- תַּעֲנִית, צוֹםHebrew
- उपवासHindi
- böjtölés, böjtHungarian
- պահք, պաս, ծոմArmenian
- puasaIndonesian
- fastaIcelandic
- digiunoItalian
- תַעֲנִיתHebrew
- 絶食, 断食Japanese
- მარხვაGeorgian
- ашығуKazakh
- 斷食, 단식Korean
- rojî, ڕۆژووKurdish
- iēiūniumLatin
- pasninkas, gavėniaLithuanian
- gavēnisLatvian
- постMacedonian
- харууMongolian
- puasaMalay
- vastenDutch
- fasteNorwegian
- postPolish
- jejumPortuguese
- ajun, postRomanian
- пост, голоданиеRussian
- giaugnu, giaunu, geunu, zeunu, diugnu, deunu, deunzu, zaunzu, giunu, diunzu, dejunuSardinian
- пост, postSerbo-Croatian
- pôstSlovak
- postSlovene
- agjërimi, kreshmë, agjërimAlbanian
- fastetid, fastaSwedish
- funga, saumuSwahili
- рӯзаTajik
- การอดThai
- ayunoTagalog
- oruçTurkish
- голодування, пістUkrainian
- kiêng ăn, nhịn ănVietnamese
- djuneWalloon
- 禁食Chinese
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