Associations to the word «Fasting»

Wiktionary

FASTING, verb. Present participle of fast
FASTING, noun. Abstinence from food
FASTING SPITTLE, noun. Saliva produced first thing in the morning, before breakfast, once believed to be useful in treating diseases

Dictionary definition

FASTING, noun. Abstaining from food.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne