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ADJECTIVE | 1 | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
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2 | fast | (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time | |
3 | fast | At a rapid tempo | |
4 | fast | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | |
5 | fast, barred, bolted, latched, locked, secured | Firmly fastened or secured against opening | |
6 | fast | Resistant to destruction or fading | |
7 | fast, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous | Unrestrained by convention or morality | |
8 | fast, flying, quick | Hurried and brief | |
9 | fast, firm, immobile | Securely fixed in place | |
10 | fast, firm, loyal, truehearted | Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | |
ADVERB | 1 | fast | Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) |
2 | fast, tight | Firmly or tightly | |
NOUN | 1 | fast, fasting | Abstaining from food |
VERB | 1 | fast | Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons |
2 | fast | Abstain from eating |
Sounds | fae'st |
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Rhymes | aghast, amassed, bast / Bast, and 39 more rhymes in aest at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly. |
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Examples | "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
Attribute of | speed, swiftness, fastness |
Similar | accelerated; accelerating; alacritous; blistering, hot, red-hot; double-quick; express; fast-breaking; fast-paced; fleet, swift; hastening; high-speed, high-velocity; high-speed; hot; hurrying, scurrying; immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway; instantaneous, instant; meteoric; quick, speedy; rapid; rapid, speedy; speeding; winged |
See also | expedited; sudden; hurried |
Contrary | slow |
Meaning | (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time. |
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Examples | "my watch is fast" |
Contrary | slow |
Meaning | At a rapid tempo. |
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Examples | "the band played a fast fox trot" |
Category | music |
Similar | allegro; allegretto; andantino; presto; prestissimo; vivace |
Contrary | slow |
Meaning | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds. |
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Examples | "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" |
Similar to | smooth |
Meaning | Firmly fastened or secured against opening. |
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Examples | "windows and doors were all fast" |
Synonyms | barred, bolted, latched, locked, secured |
Similar to | fastened |
Meaning | Resistant to destruction or fading. |
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Examples | "fast colors" |
Similar to | impervious, imperviable |
Meaning | Unrestrained by convention or morality. |
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Examples | "fast women" |
Synonyms | debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous |
Similar to | immoral |
Meaning | Hurried and brief. |
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Examples | "a fast visit" |
Synonyms | flying, quick |
Similar to | hurried |
Meaning | Securely fixed in place. |
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Synonyms | firm, immobile |
Similar to | fixed |
Meaning | Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. |
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Examples | "fast friends" |
Synonyms | firm, loyal, truehearted |
Similar to | faithful |
Meaning | Abstaining from food. |
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Synonyms | fasting |
Narrower | diet, dieting; hunger strike; Ramadan |
Broader | abstinence |
Verbs | fast; fast |
Meaning | Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form). |
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Examples | "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" |
Meaning | Firmly or tightly. |
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Examples | "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast" |
Synonyms | tight |
Meaning | Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" |
Narrower | diet |
Broader | abstain, refrain, desist |
Nouns | fast, fasting |
Meaning | Abstain from eating. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "Before the medical exam, you must fast" |
Narrower | diet |
Broader | abstain, refrain, desist |
Nouns | fast, fasting |