Fast
[fɑːst] or [fæst]
Definition
(noun.) abstaining from food.
(verb.) abstain from eating; 'Before the medical exam, you must fast'.
(verb.) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; 'Catholics sometimes fast during Lent'.
(adj.) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; 'a fast lens' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) at a rapid tempo; 'the band played a fast fox trot' .
(adj.) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; 'my watch is fast' .
(adj.) securely fixed in place; 'the post was still firm after being hit by the car' .
(adj.) resistant to destruction or fading; 'fast colors' .
(adj.) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; 'a fast road'; 'grass courts are faster than clay' .
(adv.) 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'.
(adv.) firmly or closely; 'held fast to the rope'; 'her foot was stuck fast'; 'held tight'.
Inputed by Erma--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
(v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
(v. i.) 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.
(v.) Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
(v.) Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
(v.) Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
(v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
(v.) Tenacious; retentive.
(v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
(v.) Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
(v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
(a.) In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
(a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.
Checker: Roberta
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry.
n. [1]. Fasting, abstinence from food.[2]. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day.[3]. Time of fasting.[4]. Rope (to fasten a vessel to a wharf).
a. [1]. Fastened, fixed, close, tight.[2]. Immovable, firm.[3]. Constant, steadfast, stanch.[4]. Fortified, strong, impregnable.[5]. Sound, deep, profound.[6]. Swift, quick, fleet, rapid.[7]. Dissipated, wild, giddy, reckless, thoughtless, thriftless, extravagant.
ad. [1]. Firmly, tightly, immovably.[2]. Swiftly, quickly, rapidly.[3]. Extravagantly, prodigally, recklessly, wildly.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Firm, secure, fixed, constant, steadfast, stable, unyielding, Unswerving,rapid, accelerated, wild, reckless, dissipated, pay
ANT:Loose, insecure, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
adj. firm: fixed: steadfast: fortified: (of sleep) sound (Shak.).—adv. firmly unflinchingly: soundly or sound (asleep): quickly: close near.—n. Fast-and-loose the name of a cheating game practised at fairs—called also Prick-the-garter.—adj. Fast′-hand′ed close-fisted.—adv. Fast′ly (Shak.) firmly.—n. Fast′ness fixedness: a stronghold fortress castle.—Fast by close to.—Play fast and loose (from the foregoing) to be unreliable to say one thing and do another; Hard-and-fast (see Hard).
adj. quick: rapid: rash: dissipated.—adv. swiftly: in rapid succession: extravagantly.—adj. Fast′ish somewhat fast.
v.i. to keep from food: to go hungry: to abstain from food in whole or part as a religious duty.—n. abstinence from food: special abstinence enjoined by the church: the day or time of fasting.—ns. Fast′-day a day of religious fasting: (Scot.) a day for humiliation and prayer esp. before celebrations of the Lord's Supper; Fast′ens short for Fastens-eve (Scot. Fasten-e'en and Fastern's-e'en) Fastens Tuesday Shrove Tuesday; Fast′er one who fasts: Fast′ing religious abstinence.
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Examples
- I warrant you she'd go to him fast enough without. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I am coming, he called back; ?I am coming as fast as I can! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I took four lessons, and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have not seen animals that moved faster, unless I might say it of the antelopes of our own great plains. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, owned by the North German Lloyd Company, and built in 1897, is shown in Fig. 114, and for three years held the record as the fastest steamship afloat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the contrary, it is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Deutschland in her eastward trip September 4, 1900, crossed the Atlantic in 5 days 7 hours and 38 minutes, which is the fastest time on record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Hence it was necessary to become a very rapid writer, so I started to find the fastest style. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By this time, fasting and fretting had made poor Meyler seriously unwell. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This, the student was to swallow upon a fasting stomach, and for three days following, eat nothing but bread and water. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- And now, mother, said he, turning to Rachel, hurry thy preparations for these friends, for we must not send them away fasting. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For a whole week he fasted absolutely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At first it scarcely procured me the means of sustaining life; but how savoury was hunger when I fasted in peace! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was now about eight o'clock at night, and the captain ordered supper immediately, thinking I had already fasted too long. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Edited by Carmella