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fast
(f/&/st )

adjective (a)

  • acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly(adj.all)
    Example:
    Fast film.
    On the fast track in school.
    Set a fast pace.
    A fast car.
    Antonym:
    slow
    source: wordnet30
  • (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time(adj.all)
    Example:
    My watch is fast.
    source: wordnet30
  • at a rapid tempo(adj.all)
    Example:
    The band played a fast fox trot.
    source: wordnet30
  • Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • abstaining from food(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    fasting
    source: wordnet30
  • Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; - - called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)(adv.all)
    Example:
    How fast can he get here?.
    Ran as fast as he could.
    Needs medical help fast.
    Fast-running rivers.
    Fast-breaking news.
    Fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters.
    source: wordnet30
  • firmly or closely(adv.all)
    Example:
    Held fast to the rope.
    Her foot was stuck fast.
    source: wordnet30
  • In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds(adj.all)
    Example:
    A fast road.
    Grass courts are faster than clay.
    source: wordnet30
  • resistant to destruction or fading(adj.all)
    Example:
    Fast colors.
    source: wordnet30
  • unrestrained by convention or morality(adj.all)
    Example:
    Fast women.
    Synonym:
    debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous
    source: wordnet30
  • hurried and brief(adj.all)
    Example:
    A fast visit.
    Synonym:
    flying, quick
    source: wordnet30
  • securely fixed in place(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    firm, immobile
    source: wordnet30
  • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause(adj.all)
    Example:
    Fast friends.
    Synonym:
    firm, loyal, truehearted
    source: wordnet30
  • (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time(adj.all)
    Example:
    A fast lens.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Catholics sometimes fast during Lent.
    source: wordnet30
  • abstain from eating(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Before the medical exam, you must fast.
    source: wordnet30
  • To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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