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Definition: Meaning of, fast in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɑːst /

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  1. moving quickly moving quickly
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  2. in a short time happening in a short time
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  3. fast asleep sleeping very deeply
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  4. be stuck/held fast to become or be firmly fixed and unable to move
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  5. be getting/be going nowhere fast informal to not succeed in making progress or achieving something
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  6. not so fast spoken used to tell someone not to be too eager to do or believe something
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  7. fast by something literary very close to something
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fast faster fastest
  1. moving quickly moving or able to move quickly
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  2. in a short time doing something or happening in a short time
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  3. clock [not before noun] a clock that is fast shows a later time than the real time
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  4. fast track a way of achieving something more quickly than is normally done
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  5. fast road a road on which vehicles can travel very quickly
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  6. fast film/lens a film or LENS ( 2) that can be used when there is little light, or when photographing something that is moving very quickly
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  7. colour a colour that is fast will not change when clothes are washed
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  8. sports a fast surface is one on which a ball moves very quickly
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  9. fast and furious done very quickly with a lot of effort and energy, or happening very quickly with a lot of sudden changes
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  10. somebody is a fast worker informal used to say that someone can get what they want very quickly, especially in starting a sexual relationship with another person
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  11. fast talker someone who talks quickly and easily but is often not honest or sincere
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  12. woman old-fashioned becoming involved quickly in sexual relationships with men
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  13. make something fast to tie something such as a boat or tent firmly to something else
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  14. fast friends literary two people who are very friendly for a long time
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fast fasted fasted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
fasting fasts
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  1. to eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious reasons
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fast fasts
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  1. a period during which someone does not eat, especially for religious reasons
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fast used in phrases

  • Fast of Ab (noun)
    1. Judaism a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
  • Fast of Av (noun)
    1. Judaism a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
  • Fast of Esther (noun)
    1. Judaism a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim
  • Fast of Gedaliah (noun)
    1. Judaism a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah
  • Fast of Tammuz (noun)
    1. Judaism a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached
  • Fast of Tevet (noun)
    1. Judaism a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
  • Fast of the Firstborn (noun)
    1. Judaism a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover
  • acid-fast (adjective)
    1. especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis not easily decolourized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms
  • fast asleep (adjective)
    1. sleeping deeply
  • fast bowler (noun)
    1. e.g. as opposed to a spin bowler cricket a bowler who specializes in bowling the ball fast
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fast used in phrasal verbs

  • fasten on (phrasal verb)
    1. if your eyes fasten on someone or something, you start to look at them very carefully or for a long time
    2. if your attention fastens on someone or something, you start to pay close attention to them
  • fasten up (phrasal verb)
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