breaking fast
Ending overnight abstinence
Breaking fast is the act of ending a period of fasting by eating.
The morning meal is called breakfast because it breaks the overnight fast.
The phrase appears most often in religious contexts—Muslims breaking fast at sunset during Ramadan, Jews breaking fast after Yom Kippur: We gathered with family for breaking fast after the service.
- holy monthReligiously significant period
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- morningDay's early hours
- dawnDay's first glow
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
hunger · eating · early bird · Ramadan · iftar · religious observance · feast · nourishment · eggs · coffee · bacon · sunrise · empty stomach · toast · brunch · dining table · abstinence · Lent
- Islamic practicessalah, salat, hajj, zakat, five pillars
- Muslim LifeRamadan, hajj, zakat, salah, jummah
- EasterEaster egg, Easter eggs, Easter basket, Easter Sunday, Easter dinner
- Islamic Practicesalat, hajj, zakat, Ramadan, prayer rug
- RamadanRamadan, iftar, holy month, crescent moon, moon sighting
- FastingRamadan, Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av, forty days, Ashura
fasting state
breaking fastfasting
Deliberate food avoidance
abstaining · starving · going hungry · self-denial · hunger strike
break, fast, breakfast, breakfasting, breakfasted, breaks, breaking, broken, fasts