Abstain+from+food
51fast — [OE] Widely dissimilar as they now seem, fast ‘quick’ and fast ‘abstain from food’ in fact come from the same ultimate source. This was Germanic *fastuz, which denoted ‘firm’. That underlying sense persists in various contexts, such as ‘hold… …
52fast — I. v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry. II. n. 1. Fasting, abstinence from food. 2. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day. 3. Time of fasting. 4. Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf). III. a …
53diet — [n1] abstinence from food dietary, fast, nutritional therapy, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, weight reduction plan; concept 660 Ant. indulgence diet [n2] daily intake of food aliment, bite, comestibles, commons, daily bread, edibles,… …
54Sharia — Not to be confused with Shahriyār. This article is part of the series …
55Surgery — This article is about the medical specialty. For other uses, see Surgery (disambiguation). A cardiothoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. Surgery (from the Greek …
56Native American dance — Introduction also called Indian dance or American Indian dance the dance of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. The treatment of Native American dance in this article is meant to focus first on… …
57Five Pillars of Islam — This article is part of the series …
58fast — I 1. adjective 1) a fast pace Syn: speedy, quick, swift, rapid; fast moving, fast paced, high speed, turbo, sporty; accelerated, express, blistering, breakneck, pell mell; hasty, hurried; informal nippy …
59sawm — noun fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam (during the month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, gambling, and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset. Sawm is regulated by Islamic jurisprudence.… …
60Auto-immolation — du Polonais Ryszard Siwiec qui protestait contre l invasion soviétique de la Tchécoslovaquie. Photographie prise en septembre 1968 à Varsovie, Pologne. L auto immolation est l immolation d une personne par elle même, autrement dit un sacrifice de …
