Word Meaning

Meaning of fasts

- To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
- To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.
- Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
- Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
- A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.
- Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
- Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
- Tenacious; retentive.
- Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
- Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
- Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
- In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
- In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
- That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
- The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

Crossword clue for fasts

- Abstain from food
- Abstain from food for health or religious reasons
- Don’t eat like Usain Bolt!
- Eat nothing
- fortified
- Go without food
- Hell for leather
- In a hurry
- Quick
- Rapid
- Refrain from eating
- Speedy
- Swift
- Without warning
- Abstains from eating
- Abstains from food
- Abstains from food or drink
- Doesn’t consume food quickly having started slowly
- Goes without food
- Shuns food