Definition of "fasts" []

• Plural form of fast. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fast. (verb)

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• "COHEN: It is not always bad when you figure that lots of religions, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, lots of people do short-term fasts and have been doing them for thousands of years."
• "Not everyone thinks long-term fasts are such a good idea: Shigeru Miyazaki, a physician at Tokyo Teishin Hospital, warns that they can "lead to muscle loss, weaken the heart and cause cardiac problems.""
• "The group hates the Pope, celebrates mass in Latin, fasts on Fridays and requires women to wear hats in church."