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FAST
fast
(adjective) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; “a fast lens”
firm, loyal, truehearted, fast
(adjective) 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”
fast
(adjective) 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”
fast
(adjective) at a rapid tempo; “the band played a fast fox trot”
fast
(adjective) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; “my watch is fast”
fast, firm, immobile
(adjective) securely fixed in place; “the post was still firm after being hit by the car”
flying, quick, fast
(adjective) hurried and brief; “paid a flying visit”; “took a flying glance at the book”; “a quick inspection”; “a fast visit”
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality; “Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”; “deplorably dissipated and degraded”; “riotous living”; “fast women”
fast
(adjective) resistant to destruction or fading; “fast colors”
fast
(adjective) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; “a fast road”; “grass courts are faster than clay”
fast
(adverb) 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”
fast, tight
(adverb) firmly or closely; “held fast to the rope”; “her foot was stuck fast”; “held tight”
fast, fasting
(noun) abstaining from food
fast
(verb) abstain from eating; “Before the medical exam, you must fast”
fast
(verb) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; “Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Fast (plural Fasts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fast is the 6838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4929 individuals. Fast is most common among White (94.85%) individuals.
Anagrams
• AT&SF, ATFs, ATSF, FTAs, SAFT, TAFs, afts, fats, tafs
Etymology 1
Adjective
fast (comparative faster, superlative fastest)
(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]
Synonyms: firm, immobile, secure, stable, stuck, tight
Antonym: loose
Hyponyms: bedfast, chairfast, colorfast, fail-fast, lightfast, shamefast, soothfast, steadfast
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
Synonyms: fortified, impenetrable
Antonyms: penetrable, weak
(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) [from 10th c.]
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms: quick, rapid, speedy
Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
(computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). [16th-19th c.]
Synonyms: deep, sound
Antonym: light
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]
Synonym: colour-fast
(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. [from 18th c.]
Ahead of the correct time or schedule. [from 19th c.]
Synonym: ahead
Antonyms: behind, slow
(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
• (occurring or happening within a short time): quick, rapid, speedy, swift
• (capable of moving with great speed): see also speedy
• (rapidly consents to sexual activity): easy, slutty; see also promiscuous
• (firmly or securely fixed in place): see also tight
Antonyms
• (occurring or happening within a short time): slow
Adverb
fast (comparative faster, superlative fastest)
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound [from 10th c.].
Synonyms: firmly, securely, tightly
Antonym: loosely
(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly [from 13th c.].
Synonym: deeply
Antonym: lightly
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near [from 13th c.].
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].
Synonyms: quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly
Antonym: slowly
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Synonym: ahead
Antonym: behind
Noun
fast (plural fasts)
(British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
Synonyms: express, express train, fast train
Antonyms: local, slow train, stopper
Interjection
fast
(archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
Antonym: loose
Etymology 2
Verb
fast (third-person singular simple present fasts, present participle fasting, simple past and past participle fasted)
(intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.
Noun
fast (plural fasts)
The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
Synonym: fasting
The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
Anagrams
• AT&SF, ATFs, ATSF, FTAs, SAFT, TAFs, afts, fats, tafs
Noun
FAST
Initialism of Focused assessment with sonography for trauma.
Anagrams
• AT&SF, ATFs, ATSF, FTAs, SAFT, TAFs, afts, fats, tafs
Source: Wiktionary
Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fasting.] Etym: [AS. fæstan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fasten, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.]
1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.
2. 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. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21. Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.
Fast, n. Etym: [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]
1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.
2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
3. 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. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.
– To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.
Fast, a. [Compar. Faster; superl. Fastest.] Etym: [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Isel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]
1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast. Burke.
2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. Spenser.
3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. Bacon.
6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. All this while in a most fast sleep. Shak.
7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Thackeray. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak. Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and reëngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa.
– Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.
– To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.
Fast, adv. Etym: [OE. Faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f. See Fast, a.]
1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13.
2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. Pope.
Fast, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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