fast

Plural: fasts

Noun

• abstaining from food
• A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
• The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food.
• Any of the fasting periods in the liturgical year.

Verb

Verb Forms: fasted, fasting, fasts

• To abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink.
• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
  • "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
• abstain from eating
  • "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
• To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
• To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
• To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

Adjective

• Moving or capable of moving with great speed.
• 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"
• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
  • "my watch is fast"
• at a rapid tempo
  • "the band played a fast fox trot"

Adjective Satellite

• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
  • "a fast road"
  • "grass courts are faster than clay"
• resistant to destruction or fading
  • "fast colors"
• unrestrained by convention or morality
  • "fast women"
• hurried and brief
  • "a fast visit"
• securely fixed in place
• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; ; ; - Campaign song for William Henry Harrison
  • "fast friends"
• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
  • "a fast lens"

Adverb

• 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"
• firmly or closely
  • "held fast to the rope"
  • "her foot was stuck fast"

Adj

• Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
• Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
• Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
• Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
• Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
• Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
• Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
• Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
• Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
• Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
• Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
• Tenacious; retentive.
• Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
• Uncharacteristically mature or promiscuous for one's age.
• Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
• More sensitive to light than average.

Intj

• Ellipsis of stand fast, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.

Adv

• In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
• Deeply or soundly .
• Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
• Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
• Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

Examples

• a fast billiard table
• a fast dance floor
• a fast racket, or tennis court
• a fast track
• a fast woman
• All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
• Do it as fast as you can.
• Fast by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped. / That ain't my style, said Casey. Strike one, the umpire said.
• He decided to FAST from playing Words With Friends for a day, needing a mental break.
• Her gameplay was so FAST, her opponent struggled to keep up with the rapid scoring.
• Hold this rope as fast as you can.
• I am going to buy a fast car.
• I think my watch is running fast.
• Plutonium-240 has a much higher fission cross-section for fast neutrons than for thermal neutrons.
• That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
• The horsemen came fast on our heels.
• The princess was sleeping fast, and her servants were fast asleep too.
• There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.

Synonyms

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fasting, firm, flying, immobile, libertine, loyal, profligate, quick, riotous, tight, truehearted, ahead, colour-fast, deep, deeply, easy, express, express train, fast train, fastly, firmly, fortified, gain, impenetrable, promiscuous, quickly, rapid, rapidly, secure, securely, slutty, sound, speedily, speedy, stable, stuck, swift, swiftly, tightly

Antonyms

slow, behind, light, lightly, local, loose, loosely, penetrable, slow train, slowly, stopper, weak

Anagrams of fast