- 1to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a shock, etc. synonym pass out to faint from hunger Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted. I'm practically fainting from the heat in here.
- 2(informal) I almost fainted (= I was very surprised) when she told me.
faint
verbNAmE//feɪnt//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they faint he / she / it faints
past simple fainted
-ing form fainting
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