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Fast

adverb

1.

Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form). "Ran as fast as he could" , "Needs medical help fast" , "Fast-running rivers" , "Fast-breaking news" , "Fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"

2.

Firmly or closely. Synonym: tight. "Her foot was stuck fast" , "Held tight"

adjective

(compar. faster; superl. fastest)

1.

Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly. "On the fast track in school" , "Set a fast pace" , "A fast car"

2.

(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time.

3.

At a rapid tempo.

4.

(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds. "Grass courts are faster than clay"

5.

Resistant to destruction or fading.

6.

Unrestrained by convention or morality. Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous. "Deplorably dissipated and degraded" , "Riotous living" , "Fast women"

7.

Hurried and brief. Synonyms: flying, quick. "Took a flying glance at the book" , "A quick inspection" , "A fast visit"

8.

Securely fixed in place. Synonyms: firm, immobile.

9.

Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. Synonyms: firm, loyal, truehearted. "Loyal supporters" , "The true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe" , "Fast friends"

10.

(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time.

noun

1.

Abstaining from food. Synonym: fasting.

verb

(past & past part. fasted; pres. part. fasting)

1.

Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons.

2.

Abstain from eating.

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"Fast" Quotes from Famous Books

... murdered him and buried him in the grave they had prepared for him. The deed done, spite of all their precaution fear fell on them and hatred, and they fled from the house where the corpse was and from each other, one to the north, one to the south. Fled they ever so fast, or so far apart, justice followed to the north, justice followed to the south, and dragged the miscreants together again and flung them into one prison. They were convicted and condemned to death. There came a fatal morning to this guilty pair, when the sun rose upon them and ...

— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade

... tore his hair, stamped on the ground, and vowed the utmost vengeance on all who had been concerned. He then pulled off his coat, and buttoned it round her, put his hat upon her head, wiped the blood from her face as well as he could with his handkerchief, and called out to the servant to ride as fast as possible for a side-saddle, or a pillion, that he might carry her ...

— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding

... should have a good dowry—quite proud to be of some use to the convent. I didn't think what I might have done for myself, if I'd been in the world—not then. But afterward, thoughts crept into my head. I used to push them out again as fast as they crawled in, and I told myself what a good thing I had a safe refuge, remembering my father, what he wrote about ...

— The Guests Of Hercules • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... of Christ, so many wounds does he inflict upon Satan. What he writes in his cell will be carried far and wide over distant provinces. Man multiplies the word of Heaven: if I may dare so to speak, the three fingers of his right hand are made to represent the utterances of the Holy Trinity. The fast travelling reed writes down the holy words, thus avenging the malice of the wicked one, who caused a reed to be used to smite the ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... an hour. The nurse laid down the volume with a yawn, stretched herself, yawned again, crossed her hands, and closed her eyes. She was going to sleep. If she would only fall so fast asleep that the woman behind the curtain ...

— Blind Love • Wilkie Collins

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