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–adjective

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.

(of time)

a.	indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock.

b.	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, esp. 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.

a.	(of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage.

b.	cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal.

16.

Photography.

a.	(of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time.

b.	(of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density.

17.

Horse Racing.

a.	(of a track condition) completely dry.

b.	(of a track surface) very hard.

–adverb

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.

–noun

25.	a fastening for a door, window, or the like.

—Idioms

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.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE fæst firm; c. D vast, ON fastr firm, G fest; akin to fast²

]

—Synonyms 1, 2. fleet, speedy. See quick. 5. dissipated, dissolute, profligate, immoral; wild, prodigal. 8. secure, tight, immovable, firm. 9. inextricable. 13. faithful, steadfast. 14. enduring. 20. securely, fixedly, tenaciously. 22. recklessly, wildly, prodigally.

—Antonyms 1, 2. slow. 5, 6. restrained. 8. loose.

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–verb (used without object)

1.	to abstain from all food.

2.	to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, esp. as a religious observance.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast: to fast a patient for a day before surgery.

–noun

4.	an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, esp. when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.

5.	a day or period of fasting.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME fasten, OE fæstan; c. G fasten, Goth fastan, ON fasta

]

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–noun

a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.

[Origin: 1670–80; alter., by assoc. with fast¹, of late ME fest, perh. n. use of fest, ptp. of festen to fasten, or < ON festr mooring rope

]

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adj. fast·er, fast·est

Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.
1. Accomplished in relatively little time: a fast visit.
2. Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously: made a fast buck scalping tickets.
3. Disposed to dissipation; wild: ran with a fast crowd.
4. Flouting conventional moral standards; sexually promiscuous.
Quick to understand or learn; mentally agile: a class for the faster students.
Indicating a time somewhat ahead of the actual time: The clock is fast.
Allowing rapid movement or action: a fast running track.
Designed for or compatible with a short exposure time: fast film.
1. Disposed to dissipation; wild: ran with a fast crowd.
2. Flouting conventional moral standards; sexually promiscuous.
Resistant, as to destruction or fading: fast colors.
Firmly fixed or fastened: a fast grip.
Fixed firmly in place; secure: shutters that are fast against the rain.
Firm in loyalty: fast friends.
Lasting; permanent: fast rules and regulations.
Deep; sound: in a fast sleep.

adv. faster, fastest

In a secure manner; tightly: hold fast.
To a sound degree; deeply: fast asleep.
In a rapid manner; quickly.
In quick succession: New ideas followed fast.
Ahead of the correct or expected time: a watch that runs fast.
In a dissipated, immoderate way: living fast.
Archaic Close by; near.

[Middle English, from Old English fæst, firm, fixed; see past- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These adjectives refer to something marked by great speed. Fast and rapid are often used interchangeably, though fast is more often applied to the person or thing in motion, and rapid, to the activity or movement involved: a fast runner; rapid strides.
Swift suggests smoothness and sureness of movement (a swift current), and fleet, lightness of movement (The cheetah is the fleetest of animals). Speedy refers to velocity (a speedy train) or to promptness or hurry (a speedy resolution to the problem). Quick most often applies to what takes little time or to what is prompt: a quick snack; your quick reaction.
Hasty implies hurried action (a hasty visit) and often a lack of care or thought (regretted the hasty decision). Expeditious suggests rapid efficiency: sent the package by the most expeditious means. See Also Synonyms at faithful.

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intr.v. fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts

To abstain from food.
To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.
A period of such abstention or self-denial.

[Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan; see past- in Indo-European roots.]

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fast (adj.)

O.E. fæst "firmly fixed, steadfast," probably from P.Gmc. *fastuz (cf. O.N. fastr, Du. vast, Ger. fest), from PIE base *past- "firm" (cf. Skt. pastyam "dwelling place"). The adv. meaning "quickly, swiftly" was perhaps in O.E., or from O.N. fast, either way developing from the sense of "firmly, strongly, vigorously" (cf. to run hard means to run fast; also compare fast asleep), or perhaps from the notion of a runner who "sticks" close to whatever he is chasing. The sense of "living an unrestrained life" (usually of women) is from 1746; fast food is first attested 1951. Fast-forward first recorded 1948. Fast and loose is described as "a cheating game played with a stick and a belt or string, so arranged that a spectator would think he could make the latter fast by placing a stick through its intricate folds, whereas the operator could detach it at once." [James O. Halliwell, "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1847]. The fig. sense (1557) is recorded earlier than the literal (1578).

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fast (v.)

O.E. fæstan "to fast" (as a religious duty), from P.Gmc. *fastejan (cf. O.Fris. festia, O.H.G. fasten, O.N. fasta), from the same root as fast (adj.). The original meaning was "hold firmly," and the sense evolution is via "firm control of oneself," to "holding to observance" (cf. Goth. fastan "to keep, observe," also "to fast"). Presumably the whole group is a Gmc. translation of M.L. observare "to fast."

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

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fast

In addition to the idioms beginning with fast, also see get nowhere (fast); hard and fast; pull a fast one; stand one's ground (fast); thick and fast.

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fast1 [faːst] adjective

quick-moving
Example: a fast car

Arabic:	سَريع الحَرَكَه
Chinese (Simplified):	快速移动的
Chinese (Traditional):	快速移動的
Czech:	rychlý
Danish:	hurtig
Dutch:	snel
Estonian:	kiire
Finnish:	nopea
French:	rapide
German:	schnell
Greek:	γρήγορος, ταχύς
Hungarian:	gyors, sebes
Icelandic:	hraður; hraðskreiður
Indonesian:	cepat
Japanese:	速い

Korean:	빠른
Latvian:	ātrs; ātrgaitas-
Lithuanian:	greitas
Norwegian:	rask, hurtig
Polish:	szybki
Portuguese (Brazil):	veloz
Portuguese (Portugal):	rápido
Romanian:	rapid
Russian:	скорый
Slovak:	rýchly
Slovenian:	hiter
Spanish:	rápido
Swedish:	snabb
Turkish:	hızlı, süratli

fast2 [faːst] adjective

quick
Example: a fast worker

Arabic:	سَريع العَمَل
Chinese (Simplified):	动作迅速的
Chinese (Traditional):	動作迅速的
Czech:	rychlý
Danish:	hurtig
Dutch:	vlug
Estonian:	nobe
Finnish:	nopea
French:	rapide
German:	schnell
Greek:	γρήγορος
Hungarian:	gyors
Icelandic:	hraður, fljótur
Indonesian:	cepat
Japanese:	素速い

Korean:	날랜
Latvian:	ātrs; veikls
Lithuanian:	greitas, spartus
Norwegian:	rask, hurtig
Polish:	szybki
Portuguese (Brazil):	rápido
Portuguese (Portugal):	rápido
Romanian:	iute
Russian:	быстрый
Slovak:	rýchly
Slovenian:	hiter
Spanish:	rápido
Swedish:	snabb
Turkish:	hızlı, çabuk

fast3 [faːst] adjective

(of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time
Example: My watch is five minutes fast.

Arabic:	السّاعه مُتَقَدِّمَه
Chinese (Simplified):	偏快的
Chinese (Traditional):	偏快的
Czech:	předcházející se
Danish:	foran
Dutch:	va`aa`ar
Estonian:	ees
Finnish:	edellä
French:	en avance
German:	vorgehen
Greek:	που πάει μπροστά (για ρολόι)
Hungarian:	siet (óra)
Icelandic:	of fljótur, á undan
Indonesian:	cepat
Japanese:	進んでいる

Korean:	(시계가) 빨리 가는
Latvian:	(par pulksteni) ātrāks
Lithuanian:	skubantis
Norwegian:	(gå) for fort
Polish:	spieszyć się
Portuguese (Brazil):	adiantado
Portuguese (Portugal):	adiantado
Romanian:	înainte
Russian:	спешащий
Slovak:	ísť dopredu
Slovenian:	ki prehiteva
Spanish:	adelantado
Swedish:	före
Turkish:	ileri, ileri gitmiş

fast [faːst] adverb

quickly
Example: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.

Arabic:	بِسُرْعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	快
Chinese (Traditional):	快
Czech:	rychle
Danish:	hurtigt
Dutch:	snel
Estonian:	kiiresti
French:	vite
German:	schnell
Greek:	γρήγορα
Hungarian:	gyorsan
Icelandic:	hratt
Indonesian:	cepat
Japanese:	速く

Korean:	빨리
Latvian:	ātri
Lithuanian:	greitai
Norwegian:	raskt, fort
Polish:	szybko
Portuguese (Brazil):	depressa
Portuguese (Portugal):	depressa
Romanian:	repede
Russian:	быстро
Slovak:	chytro, rýchlo
Slovenian:	hitro
Spanish:	deprisa
Swedish:	snabbt, fort
Turkish:	hızlı, çabuk, süratli

fast [faːst] verb

to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons
Example: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.

Arabic:	يَصوم
Chinese (Simplified):	禁食
Chinese (Traditional):	禁食
Czech:	postit se
Danish:	faste
Dutch:	vasten
Estonian:	paastuma
Finnish:	paastota
French:	jeûner
German:	fasten
Greek:	νηστεύω
Hungarian:	böjtöl
Icelandic:	fasta
Indonesian:	berpuasa
Japanese:	断食する

Korean:	단식하다
Latvian:	gavēt
Lithuanian:	pasninkauti, badauti
Norwegian:	faste
Polish:	pościć
Portuguese (Brazil):	jejuar
Portuguese (Portugal):	jejuar
Romanian:	a posti
Russian:	поститься
Slovak:	postiť sa
Slovenian:	postiti se
Spanish:	ayunar
Swedish:	fasta
Turkish:	oruç tutmak

fast [faːst] noun

a time or act of fasting
Example: She has just finished two days' fast.

Arabic:	صِيام
Chinese (Simplified):	禁食期
Chinese (Traditional):	禁食期
Czech:	půst, postění
Danish:	faste
Dutch:	vasten
Estonian:	paast
French:	jeûne
German:	das Fasten
Greek:	νηστεία
Hungarian:	böjt
Icelandic:	fasta
Indonesian:	puasa
Japanese:	断食

Korean:	단식 (기간)
Latvian:	gavēnis
Lithuanian:	pasninkas, badas
Norwegian:	faste
Polish:	post
Portuguese (Brazil):	jejum
Portuguese (Portugal):	jejum
Romanian:	post
Russian:	пост
Slovak:	pôst
Slovenian:	post
Spanish:	ayuno
Swedish:	fasta
Turkish:	oruç

fast1 [faːst] adjective

(of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed

Arabic:	ثابِت
Chinese (Simplified):	不褪色的
Chinese (Traditional):	不褪色的
Czech:	státý, stálobarevný
Danish:	farveægte; vaskeægte
Dutch:	wasecht
Estonian:	pesukindel
Finnish:	pesunkestävä
French:	bon teint résistant
German:	(wasch-)echt
Greek:	ανεξίτηλος
Hungarian:	tartós
Icelandic:	litekta, sem rennur hvorki né upplitast
Indonesian:	tahan luntur

Japanese:	あせない
Latvian:	(par krāsu) izturīgs; neplūkošs
Lithuanian:	atsparus
Norwegian:	fargeekte
Polish:	trwały
Portuguese (Brazil):	firme
Portuguese (Portugal):	fixo
Romanian:	rezistent
Russian:	прочный
Slovak:	stálofarebný
Slovenian:	obstojen
Spanish:	firme
Swedish:	tvättäkta, färgäkta, hållbar
Turkish:	sabit, solmayan

fast2 [faːst] adjective

firm; fixed
Example: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.

Arabic:	مُحْكَم، ثابِت، مَشْدود
Chinese (Simplified):	固定的
Chinese (Traditional):	固定的
Czech:	pevný, připoutaný
Danish:	fastgjort
Dutch:	vast
Estonian:	kindlalt kinni
Finnish:	luja, lujasti kiinni
French:	attaché
German:	fest
Greek:	στέρεος
Hungarian:	szilárd
Icelandic:	kirfilega festur
Indonesian:	kencang

Japanese:	固定した
Latvian:	ciešs; stingrs
Lithuanian:	pritvirtintas
Norwegian:	fast(gjort), festet
Polish:	przymocowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	firme
Portuguese (Portugal):	fixado, *seguro
Romanian:	fixat
Russian:	крепкий; прикреплённый
Slovak:	priviazaný
Slovenian:	pritrjen
Spanish:	firme
Swedish:	fast
Turkish:	sıkıca, sağlamca

See also: fast food(s), fast asleep

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Fast

A*vast"\, interj. [Corrupted from D. houd vast hold fast. See Hold, v. t., and Fast, a.] (Naut.) Cease; stop; stay. "Avast heaving." --Totten.

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Fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fasting.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.]

1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. --Milton.

2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

Thou didst fast and weep for the child. --2 Sam. xii. 21.

Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.

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Fast\, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]

1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Surfeit is the father of much fast. --Shak.

2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.

To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. --Shak.

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Fast\, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]

1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Surfeit is the father of much fast. --Shak.

2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.

To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. --Shak.

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Fast\, a. [Compar. Faster; superl. Fastest.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f?st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]

1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke.

2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser.

3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon.

6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak.

7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray.

Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. "Play fast and loose with faith." --Shak.

Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re["e]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa.

Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.

To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.

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1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke.

2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser.

3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon.

6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak.

7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray.

Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.

To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.

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1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke.

2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser.

3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon.

6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak.

7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray.

Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.

To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.

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