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ALL meanings of fast

fast
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  • adjective fast quick, rapid 1
  • adverb fast quickly 1
  • adverb fast non-negotiable 1
  • noun fast period without food 1
  • adjective fast clock: ahead of time 1
  • intransitive verb fast not eat for a period 1
  • intransitive verb fast protest by not eating 1
  • adjective fast film: sensitive 1
  • abbreviation FAST fixed 1
  • adjective fast promiscuous 1
  • adjective fast colour: does not fade 1
  • adjective fast friend: close, loyal 1
  • adverb fast ahead of time 1
  • adjective fast moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. 1
  • adjective fast done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work. 1
  • adjective fast indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. noting or according to daylight-saving time. 1
  • adjective fast adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball. 1
  • adjective fast characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous. 1
  • adjective fast characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life. 1
  • adjective fast resistant: acid-fast. 1
  • adjective fast firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached. 1
  • adjective fast held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap. 1
  • adjective fast firmly tied, as a knot. 1
  • adjective fast closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter. 1
  • adjective fast such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing. 1
  • adjective fast firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends. 1
  • adjective fast permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule. 1
  • adjective fast Informal. (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage. cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal. 1
  • adjective fast Photography. (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time. (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density. 1
  • adjective fast Horse Racing. (of a track condition) completely dry. (of a track surface) very hard. 1
  • adverb fast quickly, swiftly, or rapidly. 1
  • adverb fast in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis. 1
  • adverb fast tightly; firmly: to hold fast. 1
  • adverb fast soundly: fast asleep. 1
  • adverb fast in a wild or dissipated way. 1
  • adverb fast ahead of the correct or announced time. 1
  • adverb fast Archaic. close; near: fast by. 1
  • noun fast a chain or rope for mooring a vessel. 1
  • idioms fast play fast and loose. play (def 80). 1
  • idioms fast pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit: He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards. 1
  • verb without object fast to abstain from all food. 1
  • verb without object fast to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance. 1
  • verb with object fast to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast: to fast a patient for a day before surgery. 1
  • noun Definition of fast in Technology 1.   (body)   Federation Against Software Theft. 2.   (language)   Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator. 1
  • noun fast Abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, esp. as a religious observance. 1
  • adjective fast (of a bowler) characteristically delivering the ball rapidly 0
  • adjective fast glib or unreliable; deceptive 0
  • adjective fast sound; deep 0
  • adjective fast a deceptive or unscrupulous trick (esp in the phrase pull a fast one) 0
  • adverb fast quickly; rapidly 0
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