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fast
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Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons WordNet 3.0
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Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons. Wiktionary
To abstain from food. Wiktionary (translation)
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Catholics sometimes fast during Lent WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent. Wiktionary
IS A
abstain
HAS KIND
diet
DERIVATION
fast
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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fast
Wiktionary
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fast
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DIET va:0261f

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