ALL meanings of faster
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F f - adjective faster able to move more quickly 1
- adjective faster quicker 1
- adverb faster more quickly 1
- adjective faster 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 faster done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work. 1
- adjective faster indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. noting or according to daylight-saving time. 1
- adjective faster adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball. 1
- adjective faster 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 faster characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life. 1
- noun faster Comparative form of fast. 1
- adjective faster resistant: acid-fast. 1
- adjective faster firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached. 1
- adjective faster held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap. 1
- adjective faster firmly tied, as a knot. 1
- adjective faster closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter. 1
- adjective faster such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing. 1
- adjective faster firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends. 1
- adjective faster permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule. 1
- adjective faster 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 faster 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 faster Horse Racing. (of a track condition) completely dry. (of a track surface) very hard. 1
- adverb faster quickly, swiftly, or rapidly. 1
- adverb faster in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis. 1
- adverb faster tightly; firmly: to hold fast. 1
- adverb faster soundly: fast asleep. 1
- adverb faster in a wild or dissipated way. 1
- adverb faster ahead of the correct or announced time. 1
- adverb faster Archaic. close; near: fast by. 1
- noun faster a fastening for a door, window, or the like. 1
- idioms faster play fast and loose. play (def 80). 1
- idioms faster 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
- noun faster Agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts. 0
- adjective faster comparative form of fast: more fast. 0
- adverb faster comparative form of fast: more fast. 0