puasa — meaning in English

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.

Senses

puasa is used for these senses in English:

• fast (transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
• sawm (Islam) Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.

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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