fast
IPA: fˈæst
noun
- (Britain, rail transport) 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
- One of the fasting periods in the liturgical year
- A surname.
- Initialism of Focused assessment with sonography for trauma.
verb
- (intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
- (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
- (transitive) (academic) To cause a person or animal to abstain, especially from eating.
adjective
- (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
- Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
- (nuclear physics, of a neutron) 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.
- (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
- Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
- (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
- (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
- (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
adverb
- In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
- (of sleeping) 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.
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Examples of "fast" in Sentences
- Win, and win fast, is the mandate NFL head coaches carry into their jobs.
- His lead: “Attention White House speechwriters: The term fast track is no longer in vogue.”
- The phrase fast track has a long history in horse racing, to mean “dry, conducive to speed.”
- That's why students of the U.S. S.hool of Music get ahead twice as fast -- _three times as fast_ as those who study old-fashioned, plodding methods.
- BRIDEGROOM is with them, the SONS OF THE NUPTIALS cannot fast: the days will come when the BRIDEGROOM will be taken away from them, and then will they fast_, "Matt ix.
- _ (held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fýrbendum fäst, _fast in the forged hinges_, 723; handa fäst, 1291, etc.; hygebendum fäst (beorn him langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i.e. in secret), 1879.
- _ (held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637; fȳrbendum fæst, _fast in the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc.; hygebendum fæst (beorn him langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i.e. in secret), 1879.
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