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fast

/f/&/st/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

    adj.all

    Examples
    Fast film.
    On the fast track in school.
    Set a fast pace.
    A fast car.
    Antonyms slow

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

    adj.all

    Examples
    My watch is fast.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. at a rapid tempo

    adj.all

    Examples
    The band played a fast fox trot.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make <i>fast</i> the door.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  5. In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a <i>fast</i> racket, or tennis court; a <i>fast</i> track; a <i>fast</i> billiard table, etc.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. abstaining from food

    noun.act

    Synonyms fasting

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  3. That which fastens or holds; especially, <i>(Naut.)</i> a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; - - called, according to its position, a <i>bow</i>, <i>head</i>, <i>quarter</i>, <i>breast</i>, or <i>stern fast</i>; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

    adv.all

    Examples
    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: WordNet 3.0

  2. firmly or closely

    adv.all

    Examples
    Held fast to the rope.
    Her foot was stuck fast.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

    adj.all

    Examples
    A fast road.
    Grass courts are faster than clay.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. resistant to destruction or fading

    adj.all

    Examples
    Fast colors.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. unrestrained by convention or morality

    adj.all

    Examples
    Fast women.
    Synonyms debauched degenerate degraded dissipated dissolute libertine profligate riotous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. hurried and brief

    adj.all

    Examples
    A fast visit.
    Synonyms flying quick

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. securely fixed in place

    adj.all

    Synonyms firm immobile

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

    adj.all

    Examples
    Fast friends.
    Synonyms firm loyal truehearted

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

    adj.all

    Examples
    A fast lens.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

    verb.consumption

    Examples
    Catholics sometimes fast during Lent.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. abstain from eating

    verb.consumption

    Examples
    Before the medical exam, you must fast.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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