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Definition of Fast

1. Adverb. Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form). "Fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"

2. Adjective. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly. "A fast car"

3. Verb. Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons. "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

4. Noun. Abstaining from food.

5. Adverb. Firmly or closely. "Held tight"

6. Adjective. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time. "My watch is fast"

7. Verb. Abstain from eating. "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

8. Adjective. At a rapid tempo. "The band played a fast fox trot"

9. Adjective. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds. "Grass courts are faster than clay"

10. Adjective. Resistant to destruction or fading. "Fast colors"

11. Adjective. Unrestrained by convention or morality. "Fast women"

12. Adjective. Hurried and brief. "A fast visit"

13. Adjective. Securely fixed in place. "The post was still firm after being hit by the car"

14. Adjective. Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. "Fast friends"

15. Adjective. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time. "A fast lens"

Definition of Fast

1. v. i. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

2. n. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

3. a. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

4. adv. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

5. n. 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.

6. a. 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.

Definition of Fast

1. Verb. (intransitive) to abstain from or eat very little food; to abstain from food for religious or medical reasons ¹

2. Noun. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food ¹

3. Noun. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food ¹

4. Adjective. firmly or securely fixed in place; stable (defdate from 9th c.) ¹

5. Adjective. Of people: steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".) (defdate from 10th c.) ¹

6. Adjective. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

7. Adjective. (computing of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time ¹

8. Adjective. deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people) (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹

9. Adjective. Of dyes or colours: not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

10. Adjective. (colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits (defdate from 18th c.) ¹

11. Adjective. ahead of the correct time or schedule (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

12. Adjective. (context: of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

13. Adverb. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved (defdate from 10th c.) ¹

14. Adverb. (context: of sleeping) deeply or soundly (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

15. Adverb. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

16. Adverb. quickly, with great speed; within a short time (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

17. Adverb. ahead of the correct time or schedule ¹

18. Noun. (British rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations ¹

19. Interjection. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fast

1. moving or able to move quickly [adj FASTER, FASTEST] / to abstain from eating [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fast

1. 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. "There is an order that keeps things fast." (Burke) 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. "Outlaws . . . Lurking in woods and fast places." (Spenser) 3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colours. 5. Tenacious; retentive. "Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells." (Bacon) 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. "All this while in a most fast sleep." (Shak) 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, especially. In the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." . Fast and loose pulleys, to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door. Origin: OE, firm, strong, not loose, AS. Fst; akin to OS. Fast, D. Vast, OHG. Fasti, festi, G. Fest, Isel. Fastr, Sw. & Dan. Fast, and perh. To E. Fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv, Fast, v, Avast. 1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. "We will bind thee fast." (Judg. Xv. 13) 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. "He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by." (Milton) "Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides." (Pope) Origin: OE. Faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. Faste. See Fast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fast

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fashous fasianides fasoracetam fast (current term) fast(a) fast-breaking fast-flying fast-food fast-forward fast-growing(a)

fast-paced fast-talk fast-track fast Fourier transform fast Fourier transforms fast and furious fast asleep fast asleep(p)

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