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Definitions for Fast

[1] moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
[2] done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work.
[3] (of time) indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. noting or according to daylight-saving time.
[4] adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball.
[5] characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous.
[6] characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life.
[7] resistant: acid-fast.
[8] firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached.
[9] held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap.
[10] firmly tied, as a knot.
[11] closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
[12] such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing.
[13] firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends.
[14] permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule.
[15] Informal . (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage. cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal.
[16] Photography . (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time. (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density.
[17] Horse Racing . (of a track condition) completely dry. (of a track surface) very hard.
[18] quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.
[19] in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis.
[20] tightly; firmly: to hold fast.
[21] soundly: fast asleep.
[22] in a wild or dissipated way.
[23] ahead of the correct or announced time.
[24] Archaic . close; near: fast by.
[25] a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
[26] play fast and loose . play(def 80) .
[27] pull a fast one , Informal . to play an unfair trick; practice deceit: He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards.
[28] to abstain from all food.
[29] to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance.
[30] to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast: to fast a patient for a day before surgery.
[31] an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, especially when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.
[32] a day or period of fasting.
[33] a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.
[34] acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift
[35] accomplished in or lasting a short time fast work ; a fast visit
[36] (prenominal) adapted to or facilitating rapid movement the fast lane of a motorway
[37] requiring rapidity of action or movement a fast sport
[38] (of a clock, etc) indicating a time in advance of the correct time
[39] given to an active dissipated life
[40] of or characteristic of such activity a fast life
[41] not easily moved; firmly fixed; secure
[42] firmly fastened, secured, or shut
[43] steadfast; constant (esp in the phrase fast friends )
[44] sport (of a playing surface, running track, etc) conducive to rapid speed, as of a ball used on it or of competitors playing or racing on it
[45] that will not fade or change colour readily a fast dye
[46] proof against fading the colour is fast to sunlight (in combination ) washfast
[47] photog requiring a relatively short time of exposure to produce a given density a fast film permitting a short exposure time a fast shutter
[48] cricket (of a bowler) characteristically delivering the ball rapidly
[49] informal glib or unreliable; deceptive a fast talker
[50] archaic sound; deep a fast sleep
[51] informal a deceptive or unscrupulous trick (esp in the phrase pull a fast one )
[52] fast worker a person who achieves results quickly, esp in seductions
[53] quickly; rapidly
[54] soundly; deeply fast asleep
[55] firmly; tightly
[56] in quick succession
[57] in advance of the correct time my watch is running fast
[58] in a reckless or dissipated way
[59] fast by or fast beside archaic close or hard by; very near
[60] play fast and loose informal to behave in an insincere or unreliable manner
[61] archery (said by the field captain to archers) stop shooting!
[62] (intr) to abstain from eating all or certain foods or meals, esp as a religious observance
[63] an act or period of fasting (as modifier ) a fast day

Words related to Fast

rapid, agile, brisk, nimble, hot, quick, swift, tight, durable, sure, stable, true, loose, easy, rapidly, swiftly, soon, quickly, hard, abstain

Words nearby Fast

fashiony, fashoda, fasnacht, fassa, fassbinder, fast, fast and furious, fast and loose, fast break, fast buck, fast casual

Origin of Fast

31670–80; alteration, by association with fast1, of late Middle English fest, perhaps noun use of fest, past participle of festen to fasten, or < Old Norse festr mooring rope

Words that may be confused with Fast

fast, quick, rapid, swift, (see, synonym, study, at, quick)

Other words from Fast

un·fast·ing , adjective

Word origin for Fast

Old English fæstan ; related to Old High German fastēn to fast, Gothic fastan

Synonyms for Fast

agile, brisk, hot, nimble, quick, rapid, swift, accelerated, active, dashing, electric, flashing, fleet, fleeting, flying, hurried, racing, ready, snap, winged, PDQ, blue streak, breakneck, chop-chop, double-time, expeditious, expeditive, hairtrigger, hasty, hypersonic, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like all get out, like crazy, like mad, on the double, posthaste, presto, pronto, screamin', snappy, speedball, supersonic, velocious