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overfasting

overfasting is the present participle and gerund of overfast.

Meaning of overfast

Verb

overfast (third-person singular simple present overfasts, present participle overfasting, simple past and past participle overfasted)

  1. (intransitive) To refrain from food to an excessive degree.
    • […] overfasting could make a monk too exhausted to pray […]2023, Jamie Kreiner, The Wandering Mind

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Questions about overfasting

What is overfasting the present participle and gerund of?
Overfasting is the present participle and gerund of overfast.

Words near overfasting in the dictionary

  1. overfast
  2. overfasted
  3. overfastidious
  4. overfastidiously
  5. overfastidiousness
  6. overfasting
  7. overfasts
  8. overfat
  9. overfatigue
  10. overfatigued
  11. overfatigues

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