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| 1. | [ adjective ] acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly | |
| Examples: | "fast film" "on the fast track in school" "set a fast pace" "a fast car" |
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| Related terms: | slow rapid quick fleet hurrying high-speed rapid high-speed accelerating instantaneous accelerated high-speed blistering immediate meteoric hastening speeding fast-breaking hot winged alacritous fast-paced express double-quick jet-propelled sudden hurried expedited speed | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) | |
| 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" |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] firmly or tightly | |
| Synonyms: | tight | |
| Examples: | "held fast to the rope" "her foot was stuck fast" "held tight" |
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| 4. | [ noun ] (food) abstaining from food | |
| Synonyms: | fasting | |
| Related terms: | abstinence ramadan diet hunger_strike | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time | |
| Examples: | "my watch is fast" |
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| Related terms: | slow | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] hurried and brief | |
| Synonyms: | quick flying | |
| Examples: | "paid a flying visit" "took a flying glance at the book" "a quick inspection" "a fast visit" |
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| Related terms: | hurried | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | |
| Synonyms: | loyal truehearted firm | |
| Examples: | "a firm ally" "loyal supporters" "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison "fast friends" |
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| Related terms: | faithful | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] securely fixed in place | |
| Synonyms: | immobile firm | |
| Examples: | "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" |
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| Related terms: | fixed | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or morality | |
| Synonyms: | degenerate degraded dissipated dissolute libertine profligate riotous debauched | |
| Examples: | "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" "deplorably dissipated and degraded" "riotous living" "fast women" |
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| Related terms: | immoral | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (used of persons) dependable in devotion or allegiance or affection | |
| Synonyms: | true loyal faithful | |
| Examples: | "a faithful old dog" "a faithful friend" "fast friends" "a loyal companion" "she proved a true friend" "a lover absolutely true in act and word and thought"- H.O.Taylor |
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| Related terms: | constant | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] permanently dyed | |
| Synonyms: | colorfast | |
| Examples: | "fast colors" "colorfast fabrics" |
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| Related terms: | impervious dyed | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | |
| Examples: | "a fast road" "grass courts are faster than clay" |
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| Related terms: | smooth | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] firmly fastened or secured against opening | |
| Synonyms: | locked secured latched bolted barred | |
| Examples: | "windows and doors were all fast" "a locked closet" "left the house properly secured" |
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| Related terms: | fastened | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] (music) at a rapid tempo | |
| Examples: | "the band played a fast fox trot" |
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| Related terms: | slow music presto prestissimo allegretto vivace andantino allegro | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (food) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons | |
| Examples: | "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" |
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| Related terms: | abstain diet | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] resistant to destruction or fading | |
| Examples: | "fast colors" |
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| Related terms: | impervious | |
| 17. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6550 | |
| 18. | [ verb ] abstain from eating | |
| Examples: | "Before the medical exam, you must fast" |
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| Related terms: | abstain diet | |
| Similar spelling: |
Faust Fausto fact Fausett Fassett fagot facet Faught faucet faggot Facteau feast Fawcett Faucett |
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