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English to English adjective
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acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |  | Example: fast film
on the fast track in school
set a fast pace
a fast car
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(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time | | Example: my watch is fast
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at a rapid tempo | | Example: the band played a fast fox trot
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Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | | Example: a fast road
grass courts are faster than clay
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resistant to destruction or fading | | Example: fast colors
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unrestrained by convention or morality | | Example: Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
deplorably dissipated and degraded
riotous living
fast women
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hurried and brief | | Example: paid a flying visit
took a flying glance at the book
a quick inspection
a fast visit
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securely fixed in place | | Example: the post was still firm after being hit by the car
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unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | | Example: a firm ally
loyal supporters
the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe
fast friends
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(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time | | Example: a fast lens
source: wordnet30 adverb
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quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) | | 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
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firmly or closely | | Example: held fast to the rope
her foot was stuck fast
held tight
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In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. | | source: webster1913 noun
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abstaining from food | | source: wordnet30
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Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. | | source: webster1913
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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: webster1913 verb
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abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons | | Example: Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
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abstain from eating | | Example: Before the medical exam, you must fast
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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. | | source: webster1913
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