English to English
fast
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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.
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)
- 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.
source: wordnet30 - unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause(adj.all)Example:
Fast friends.
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