noun
the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
• Hypernyms: ↑pillar of Islam, ↑abstinence
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/sawm/, n.
fasting, esp. during the month of Ramadan; the fourth of the Pillars of Islam.
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the Muslim practice of not eating or drinking in the day during the ninth month of the Muslim year, called ↑Ramadan
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All Muslim adults who are physically and mentally well must observe sawm.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.