fasted
USFAST-id/ˈfæstɪd/UK · AUSFAHST-id/ˈfɑːstɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of fast.
The patient fasted overnight before the blood test.
Worshippers fasted from sunrise to sunset for the entire month.
Note
A regular -ed form, and it belongs only to the verb of abstaining. The adjective meaning firm or steadfast (a fast friend, held fast) has no such form. Because the verb can also be transitive, meaning to make a person or animal go without food, the participle appears in the passive too: the animals were fasted before surgery. Otherwise it follows have in the perfect: she had fasted all day.
fasted is a form of fast
fast, verb: To go without food, or some foods, for a time, for religious, medical, or health reasons. Full entry
- Spelling
- fast → fasted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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