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Definition of 'fast'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) fast
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid:
a fast horse; a fast typist.

2.  fast
done in or taking comparatively little time:
a fast race; fast work.

3.  fast
adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement:
a hull with fast lines.

4.  fast
able to understand or respond quickly:
a fast mind.

5.  fast
(of a timepiece) indicating a time in advance of the correct time.

6.  fast
noting or according to daylight-saving time.

7.  fast
characterized by unrestrained or immoral conduct, esp. in sexual relations; wanton; loose:
a fast crowd.

8.  fast
characterized by extreme energy and activity, esp. in the pursuit of pleasure:
leading a fast life.

9.  fast
resistant (often used in combination):
acid-fast.

10.  fast
firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; secure.

11.  fast
held or caught firmly:
an animal fast in a trap.

12.  fast
firmly tied, as a knot.

13.  fast
closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.

14.  fast
such as to have securely:
to lay fast hold on a thing.

15.  fast
firm in adherence; loyal; devoted:
fast friends.

16.  fast
permanent, lasting, or unchangeable:
a fast color.

17.  fast
(of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously.

18.  fast
cleverly quick and manipulative in making money:
a fast operator.

19.  fast
(of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time.

20.  fast
(of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure to attain a given density.

21.  fast
Horse Racing.

22.  fast
(of a track condition) completely dry.

23.  fast
(of a track surface) very hard.

24. (adv.) fast
quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.

25.  fast
in quick succession.

26.  fast
tightly; firmly:
to hold fast.

27.  fast
soundly:
fast asleep.

28.  fast
in a wild or dissipated way; recklessly.

29.  fast
ahead of the correct or announced time.

30.  fast
Archaic. close; near:
fast by.

31. (n.) fast
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.

32. (v.i.) fast
to abstain from all food.

33.  fast
to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, esp. as a religious observance.

34. (v.t.) fast
to cause to abstain from food; put on a fast:
to fast a patient before surgery.

35. (n.) fast
an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, esp. when voluntary and as a religious observance.

36.  fast
a day or period of fasting.

37. (n.) fast
a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.

Etymology: (1670–80; alter., by assoc. with fast¹, of late ME fest, perh. n. use of fest, ptp. of festen to fasten , or < ON festr mooring rope)

Definition of 'fast'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) fast, fasting
abstaining from food

2. (adj) fast
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
"fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

3. (adj) fast
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
"my watch is fast"

4. (adj) fast
at a rapid tempo
"the band played a fast fox trot"

5. (adj) fast
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
"a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"

6. (adj) fast
resistant to destruction or fading
"fast colors"

7. (adj) debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
unrestrained by convention or morality
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

8. (adj) flying, quick, fast
hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

9. (adj) fast, firm, immobile
securely fixed in place
"the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

10. (adj) firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
"a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"

11. (verb) fast
(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
"a fast lens"

12. (verb) fast
abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
"Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

13. (adverb) fast
abstain from eating
"Before the medical exam, you must fast"

14. (adverb) fast
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
"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"

15. (adverb) fast, tight
firmly or closely
"held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

Definition of 'fast'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) fast
moving, happening, or doing sth quickly
a fast car; the fastest runner on the team; a fast start to the project; the fastest economic growth in years

2. fast
(of a clock) showing a time later than the actual time
The clock is five minutes fast.

3. (adverb) fast
quickly
Drive faster!

4. fast
fast asleep
in a deep sleep
My brother was fast asleep.

5. (verb) fast
to stop eating food for a particular period of time
They fasted from sunrise to sunset.; a two-day fast

Definition of 'fast'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) fast
in a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably

2. (adj) fast
in a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast

3. (noun) fast
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

4. (noun) fast
the shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster

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

6.  fast
firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong

7.  fast
firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend

8.  fast
permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors

9.  fast
tenacious; retentive

10.  fast
not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound

11.  fast
moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse

12.  fast
given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver

13. (verb) fast
to abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry

14. (verb) fast
to practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence

15. (verb) fast
abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment

16. (verb) fast
voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation

17. (verb) fast
a time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast

Translation of 'fast'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: quick-moving a fast car.
Afrikaans: vinnig	Arabic: سَريع الحَرَكَه	Bulgarian: бърз
Brazilian: rápido	Czech: rychlý	German: schnell
Danish: hurtig	Greek: γρήγορος, ταχύς	Spanish: rápido
Estonian: kiire	Farsi: سریع	Finnish: nopea
French: rapide	Hebrew: מָהִיר	Hindi: तीव्र, दु्रतगामी
Croatian: brz	Hungarian: gyors, sebes	Indonesian: cepat
Icelandic: hraður; hraðskreiður	Italian: veloce	Japanese: 速い
Korean: 빠른	Lithuanian: greitas	Latvian: ātrs; ātrgaitas-
Malay: laju	Dutch: snel	Norwegian: rask, hurtig
Polish: szybki	Persian: سریع	Pashto: تیز
Portuguese: rápido	Romanian: rapid	Russian: скорый
Slovak: rýchly	Slovenian: hiter	Serbian: brz
Swedish: snabb	Thai: ที่เคลื่อนที่ได้เร็ว	Turkish: hızlı, süratli
Taiwanese: 快速移動的	Ukrainian: швидкий; скорий	Urdu: تیز رفتار
Vietnamese: nhanh	Chinese: 快速移动的
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