"break one's fast" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks one's fast [present, singular, third-person], breaking one's fast [participle, present], broke one's fast [past], broken one's fast [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> one's fast}} 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. Tags: dated Translations (archaic: to eat breakfast): նախաճաշել (naxačašel) (Armenian), নাস্তা করা (nasta kora) (Bengali), 吃早餐 (chī zǎocān) (Chinese Mandarin), Snídat (Czech), ontbijten (Dutch), matenmanĝi (Esperanto), einehtiä (Finnish), prendre le petit déjeuner (French), déjeuner (French), frühstücken (German), fare colazione (Italian), 朝食を取る (chōshoku o toru) (alt: ちょうしょくをとる) (Japanese), 朝食を食べる (chōshoku o taberu) (alt: ちょうしょくを たべる) (Japanese), jeść śniadanie (Polish), desjejuar (Portuguese), за́втракать (závtrakatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поза́втракать (pozávtrakatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zajtrkovati (Slovene), desayunar (Spanish), kahvaltı etmek (Turkish), ăn sáng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-break_one's_fast-en-verb-sWVo0NS~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 70 30 Disambiguation of English predicates: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'archaic: to eat breakfast': 96 4
  2. To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food. Translations (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food): أَفْطَرَ (ʔafṭara) (Arabic), উপোস ভাঙা (upōs bhaṅa) (Bengali), ইফতার করা (iphtar kora) [Islam, religion, lifestyle] (Bengali), ইফতার সারা (iphtar śara) [Islam, religion, lifestyle] (Bengali), malfasti (Esperanto), rompre le jeûne (French), καταλύω (katalýo) (Greek), rompere il digiuno (Italian), ufungua (Ngazidja Comorian), разговля́ться (razgovljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разгове́ться (razgovétʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), kufungua kinywa (Swahili), oruç açmak (Turkish), oruç bozmak (Turkish), روزَہ کھولْنا (roza kholnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-break_one's_fast-en-verb-pSIhIr2f Disambiguation of 'to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food': 44 56

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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "rompre le jeûne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katalýo",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "καταλύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "rompere il digiuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "ufungua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgovljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разговля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgovétʹsja",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разгове́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "kufungua kinywa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "oruç açmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "oruç bozmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "roza kholnā",
      "sense": "to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food",
      "word": "روزَہ کھولْنا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "break one's fast"
}

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