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Type Words
Synonyms firm, loyal, truehearted


fast friends.
Type Words
Synonyms tight


held fast to the rope.
her foot was stuck fast.
Type Words
Synonyms firm, immobile
Derivation fastness
Type Words
Synonyms flying, quick
Derivation fastness


a fast visit.
Type Words
Synonyms fasting
Type of abstinence
Has types diet, hunger strike, ramadan, dieting
Type Words
Synonyms debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous


fast women.
Type Words
Type of desist, refrain, abstain
Has types diet
Derivation fasting


Catholics sometimes fast during Lent.
Type Words
Type of desist, abstain, refrain
Has types diet
Derivation fasting


Before the medical exam, you must fast.
Type Words
Derivation fastness


fast film.
on the fast track in school.
set a fast pace.
a fast car.
Type Words
Derivation fastness


the band played a fast fox trot.
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a fast lens.
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a fast road.
grass courts are faster than clay.
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fast colors.
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my watch is fast.

Examples of fast

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The pair walk together several times a week and play together like fast friends.
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He's strong, fast, a hard worker on the field, and has excellent passing skills.
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She was driving very fast and reckless and I was afraid she was going to hit me.
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Akerson wouldn't identify which vehicles have been fast-tracked for development.
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His tempi are fast, yet he never sacrifices the orchestral inner glow necessary.
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After hearing about the tsunami, he drove back as fast as the roads would allow.
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The first fast-moving swell pushed Trette down the face of the wave as it broke.
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AquAdvantage Atlantic salmon can grow twice as fast, making them easier to farm.
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Maybe we need some legislation to get rid of fast food in fast-food restaurants.
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More examples
  • Abstaining from food
  • Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"
  • Abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
  • In kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. ...
  • The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. ...
  • The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) museum holds a collection of aircraft, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment related material. It is based in Farnborough, Hampshire immediately adjacent to Farnborough Airfield.