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Fast

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Definitions for Fast

noun
abstaining from food
Synonyms
verb
abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
Examples
  1. Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
verb
abstain from eating
Examples
  1. Before the medical exam, you must fast
adjective
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Examples
  1. fast film
  2. on the fast track in school
  3. set a fast pace
  4. a fast car
adjective
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
Examples
  1. my watch is fast
adjective
at a rapid tempo
Examples
  1. the band played a fast fox trot
adjective
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
Examples
  1. a fast road
  2. grass courts are faster than clay
adjective
resistant to destruction or fading
Examples
  1. fast colors
adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
Synonyms
Examples
  1. Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
  2. deplorably dissipated and degraded
  3. riotous living
  4. fast women
adjective
hurried and brief
Synonyms
Examples
  1. paid a flying visit
  2. took a flying glance at the book
  3. a quick inspection
  4. a fast visit
adjective
securely fixed in place
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Examples
  1. the post was still firm after being hit by the car
adjective
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
Synonyms
Examples
  1. a firm ally
  2. loyal supporters
  3. the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison
  4. fast friends
adjective
(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
Examples
  1. a fast lens
adverb
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
Examples
  1. how fast can he get here?
  2. ran as fast as he could
  3. needs medical help fast
  4. fast-running rivers
  5. fast-breaking news
  6. fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters
adverb
firmly or closely
Synonyms
Examples
  1. held fast to the rope
  2. her foot was stuck fast
  3. held tight

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