fast
abstaining from food (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
fasting
• Derivationally related forms:
fast (for: fasting)
• Hypernyms:
abstinence
• Hyponyms:
diet, dieting, hunger strike, Ramadan
1. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
- Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
• Derivationally related forms:
fasting
• Hypernyms:
abstain, refrain, desist
• Hyponyms:
diet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. abstain from eating
- Before the medical exam, you must fast
• Derivationally related forms:
fasting
• Hypernyms:
abstain, refrain, desist
• Hyponyms:
diet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
1. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly (Freq. 18)
- fast film
- on the fast track in school
- set a fast pace
- a fast car
• Ant:
slow
• Similar to:
accelerated, alacritous, blistering, hot, red-hot,
double-quick, express, fast-breaking, fast-paced, fleet, swift,
high-speed, high-velocity, hurrying, scurrying, immediate, prompt,
quick, straightaway, instantaneous, instant, meteoric, speedy,
rapid, smart, winged, windy
• See Also:
hurried, sudden
• Derivationally related forms:
fastness
• Attrubites:
speed, swiftness, fastness
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
• Similar to:
allegro, allegretto, andantino, presto, prestissimo, vivace
• Derivationally related forms:
fastness
• Topics:
music
4. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
- a fast road
- grass courts are faster than clay
• Similar to:
smooth
5. resistant to destruction or fading
- fast colors
• Similar to:
impervious, imperviable
6. unrestrained by convention or morality
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
• Syn:
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute,
libertine, profligate, riotous
• Similar to:
immoral
• Derivationally related forms:
riot (for: riotous), profligate (for: profligate), libertine (for: libertine), dissoluteness (for: dissolute), degenerate (for: degenerate)
7. hurried and brief
- paid a flying visit
- took a flying glance at the book
- a quick inspection
- a fast visit
• Syn:
flying, quick
• Similar to:
hurried
• Derivationally related forms:
fastness, quickness (for: quick)
8. securely fixed in place
- the post was still firm after being hit by the car
• Syn:
firm, immobile
• Similar to:
fixed
• Derivationally related forms:
immobility (for: immobile), firmness (for: firm), fastness
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, loyal, truehearted
• Similar to:
faithful
• Derivationally related forms:
firmness (for: firm)
10. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
- a fast lens
• Similar to:
causative
1. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) (Freq. 16)
- 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 (Freq. 1)
- held fast to the rope
- her foot was stuck fast
- held tight
• Syn:
tight
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