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faste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fast adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
  • fasting noun Going without food, often for religious, spiritual, or health reasons.
  • Lent verb Past tense and past participle of lend.

Senses

faste is used for these senses in English:

  • Lent (Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  • fast (transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

fast — full definition

  1. adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
  2. adj Fixed firmly in place; not easily moved.
  3. adv Quickly, or with great speed.
  4. verb To go without food, often for religious, health, or medical reasons.
  5. noun A period of abstaining from food.

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