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noun
| Meaning 1 | abstaining from food |
| Synonym | fasting |
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verb
| Meaning 1 | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons |
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| Usage | Catholics sometimes fast during Lent |
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verb
| Meaning 2 | abstain from eating |
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| Usage | Before the medical exam, you must fast |
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adjective
| Meaning 1 | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
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| Usage | fast film on the fast track in school set a fast pace a fast car |
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adjective
| Meaning 2 | indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time |
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| Usage | my watch is fast |
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adjective
| Meaning 3 | at a rapid tempo |
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| Usage | the band played a fast fox trot |
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adjective
| Meaning 4 | conducive to rapid speeds |
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| Usage | a fast road grass courts are faster than clay |
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adjective
| Meaning 5 | resistant to destruction or fading |
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| Usage | fast colors |
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adjective
| Meaning 6 | unrestrained by convention or morality |
| Synonym | debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| Usage | Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society deplorably dissipated and degraded riotous living fast women |
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adjective
| Meaning 7 | hurried and brief |
| Synonym | flying, quick |
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| Usage | paid a flying visit took a flying glance at the book a quick inspection a fast visit |
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adjective
| Meaning 8 | securely fixed in place |
| Synonym | firm, immobile |
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| Usage | the post was still firm after being hit by the car |
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adjective
| Meaning 9 | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause |
| Synonym | firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a) |
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| Usage | a firm ally loyal supporters the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe fast friends |
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adjective
| Meaning 10 | (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time |
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| Usage | a fast lens |
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adverb
| Meaning 1 | quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) |
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| Usage | 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 |
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adverb
| Meaning 2 | firmly or closely |
| Synonym | tight |
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| Usage | held fast to the rope her foot was stuck fast held tight |
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