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

  • Eagles are volant and fast.
  • The speed is fast degrading.
  • Cheethas are volant and fast.
  • The music is raucous and fast.
  • The monsoon is a time of fasting.
  • He is a fast jogger in this park.
  • The shutter speeds are pretty fast.
  • This laptop is fast and lightweight.
  • The speed of sonic is incredibly fast.
  • The augmentation of the bacteria is fast.
  • 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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