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break one's fast

break one's fast verb: to eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

Verb

break one's fast (third-person singular simple present breaks one's fast, present participle breaking one's fast, simple past broke one's fast, past participle broken one's fast)

  1. (dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.
    • His servant placed before him a slice of toasted bread, with a glass of fair water, being the fare on which he usually broke his fast.1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 15, in The Antiquary—Volume II
    • Thinking that it might be Lord Carbury, and that, if so, he would probably not wait until half past nine to break his fast, she ran gaily off.1905, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 3, in The Irrational Knot
  2. To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food.

break one's fast meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Arabic and Vietnamese

break one's fast in Urdu

to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
روزَہ کھولْنا roza kholnā

break one's fast in Bengali

archaic: to eat breakfast
নাস্তা করা nasta kora
to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
উপোস ভাঙা upōs bhaṅa, ইফতার করা iphtar kora, ইফতার সারা iphtar śara

break one's fast in Arabic

to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
أَفْطَرَ ʔafṭara

break one's fast in Vietnamese

archaic: to eat breakfast
ăn sáng

Forms of break one's fast

third-person singular presentbreaks one's fast
present participlebreaking one's fast
pastbroke one's fast
past participlebroken one's fast
alternative formbreak fast

Questions about break one's fast

What does break one's fast mean?
Break one's fast means to eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.
What is break one's fast in Urdu?
Break one's fast in Urdu is روزَہ کھولْنا (roza kholnā). See Break one's fast meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is break one's fast?
Break one's fast is a verb.
What is the past tense of break one's fast?
The past tense of break one's fast is broke one's fast.

Words near break one's fast in the dictionary

  1. break one's back
  2. break one's balls
  3. break one's chops
  4. break one's duck
  5. break one's fall
  6. break one's fast
  7. break one's lance
  8. break one's maiden
  9. break one's neck
  10. break one's promise
  11. break one's stride

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