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Definition: Fast |
FastAdjective1. 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". 2. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast". 3. (music) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot". 4. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay". 5. Firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured". 6. Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women". 7. Hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit". 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". 10. : permanently dyed; "fast colors"; "colorfast fabrics". Adverb1. 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 tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight". Noun1. Abstaining from food. Verb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Fast \Fast\, adjective. [Comparative Faster; superlative Fastest.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | FAST 1. Federation Against Software Theft. 2. |
Bible | Fast The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called "the fast" (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old Testament is in Zech. 7:1-7; 8:19, from which it appears that during their captivity the Jews observed four annual fasts. (1.) The fast of the fourth month, kept on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, the anniversary of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; to commemorate also the incident recorded Ex. 32:19. (Comp. Jer. 52:6, 7.) (2.) The fast of the fifth month, kept on the ninth of Ab (comp. Num. 14:27), to commemorate the burning of the city and temple (Jer. 52:12, 13). (3.) The fast of the seventh month, kept on the third of Tisri (comp. 2 Kings 25), the anniversary of the murder of Gedaliah (Jer. 41:1, 2). (4.) The fast of the tenth month (comp. Jer. 52:4; Ezek. 33:21; 2 Kings 25:1), to commemorate the beginning of the siege of the holy city by Nebuchadnezzar. There was in addition to these the fast appointed by Esther (4:16). Public national fasts on account of sin or to supplicate divine favour were sometimes held. (1.) 1 Sam. 7:6; (2.) 2 Chr. 20:3; (3.) Jer. 36:6-10; (4.) Neh. 9:1. There were also local fasts. (1.) Judg. 20:26; (2.) 2 Sam. 1:12; (3.) 1 Sam. 31:13; (4.) 1 Kings 21:9-12; (5.) Ezra 8:21-23: (6.) Jonah 3:5-9. There are many instances of private occasional fasting (1 Sam. 1:7: 20:34; 2 Sam. 3:35; 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Ezra 10:6; Neh. 1:4; Dan. 10:2,3). Moses fasted forty days (Ex. 24:18; 34:28), and so also did Elijah (1 Kings 19:8). Our Lord fasted forty days in the wilderness (Matt. 4:2). In the lapse of time the practice of fasting was lamentably abused (Isa. 58:4; Jer. 14:12; Zech. 7:5). Our Lord rebuked the Pharisees for their hypocritical pretences in fasting (Matt. 6:16). He himself appointed no fast. The early Christians, however, observed the ordinary fasts according to the law of their fathers (Acts 13:3; 14:23; 2 Cor. 6:5). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Fast Ethernet is a collective term a number of Ethernet standards that carry traffic at the nominal rate of 100 Mbit/s, against the original Ethernet speed of 10 Mbit/s.Fast Ethernet is no longer the fastest form of Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet and the new 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards are 10 respectively 100 times faster.
See: 100BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX and IEEE 802.3
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Fasting is the act of willingly abstaining from food and in some cases water, or in other cases from certain food groups.
Fasting for medical or spiritual reasons has been known for ages. It is mentioned in the Mahabharat, in the Upanishads, and in the Bible (in both the Old and New Testament).
In Hinduism, a religious fast is observed on ekadasi (the fifth day of each lunar fortnight) and—if observed strictly—involves taking no food or water from the previous day's sunset until 48 minutes after the following day's sunrise.
In Islam, sunrise-to-sunset fasting is observed during the month of Ramadan.
Among Roman Catholics, fasting often refers merely to abstention from meat on Fridays (see the Code of Canon Law, 1250 to 1253). For Orthodox Christians, fasting at various times refers to abstention from animal products, olive oil (or all oils, according to some Orthodox traditions), wine and spirits (click here for more detail).
Fasting for health reasons typically lasts a week or longer and includes some food intake, such as fruit or vegetable juices.
The political fast (today more commonly known as the hunger strike) seems to be an invention of Mohandas Gandhi. Some people see a difference between a hunger strike, a pure political act, and fasting, a political and religious act. By fasting, they intend to take some of the responsibility of the problem in question.
Hunger strikes have been used by personalities all over the world, including Martin Luther King Jr and Lanza del Vasto (during the Algerian War, Vatican II and the struggle of the farmers of the Larzac plateau).
Today, hunger strikes are often used by refugees seeking asylum.
See also:
- non-violence
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A solid is a state of matter that is characterized by a definite volume and a definite shape (i.e. it resists deformation). In the solid phase of matter, the atoms have a fixed spatial ordering, but this does not prevent the solid from being deformed or compressed to some extent. Because all matter has some kinetic energy, the atoms in even the most rigid solid move slightly, but this movement is invisible.
Physicists call the study of solids solid state physics. This includes semiconductors and superconductivity. Solid state physics is a type of condensed matter physics.
Materials science is primarily concerned with properties of solids such as strength and phase transformations. It overlaps strongly with solid state physics.
Solid state chemistry overlaps both of these fields, but is especially concerned with the synthesis of novel materials.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FAST | English | Functional analysis system | N/A |
| FAB | English | Fast Atom Bombardment | Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FastSynonyms: barred (adj), bolted (adj), colorfast (adj), debauched (adj), degenerate (adj), degraded (adj), dissipated (adj), dissolute (adj), fast(a) (adj), firm (adj), flying (adj), immobile (adj), latched (adj), libertine (adj), locked (adj), loyal (adj), profligate (adj), quick (adj), riotous (adj), secured (adj), truehearted (adj), tight (adv), fasting (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: slow (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent). |
Fashion | Polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue; unembarrassed, degage; janty, jaunty; dashing, fast. |
Instantaneity | Speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift,lively, blitz; rapid (velocity). |
Intemperance | Adjective: intemperate,inabstinent; sensual, self-indulgent; voluptuous, luxurious, licentious, wild, dissolute, rakish, fast, debauched. |
Junction | Firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved ; inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable. |
Adverb: jointly; Adjective: in conjunction with; (in addition to); fast, firmly; Adjective: intimately. | |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide. |
Rite | Holyday, feast, fast. |
Stability | Fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established; Verb: vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. |
Worship | Propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fast |
| English words defined with "fast": Fast and loose, fast asleep, Fast beside, Fast by, fast dye, Fast of Ab, Fast of Av, fast one, fast reactor ♦ Head fast. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fast": cashier, fast foods restaurant, Cecil's Fast ♦ Fast ATA, Fast ATA-2, Fast Ethernet, Fast fission, Fast Fourier Transform, Fast Fourier Transformation, Fast Girl, fast ice, fast information block, fast information channel, fast information group, Fast Ion, Superthermal Ion, Suprathermal Ion, Fast Man, Fast Packet, Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory, Fast SCSI, Fast track authority ♦ MANAGER, FAST FOOD SERVICES ♦ Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fast": Tachygrapher. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fast" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (fast, firm, fixed, robust, solid, stable, sturdy), German (all but, almost, just about, most, near, nearly, peradventure, virtually), Manx (quiet, silence), Norwegian (firm), Romanian (glitter, pomposity), Swedish (although, concrete, consistent, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flat, hard and fast, immovable, indissoluble, permanent, permanently, rigid, settled, solid, stuck, sturdy, though, tight, unblinking, unfaltering, unshaken, unwavering). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have fast food experience (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) You you're too fast. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) You're fast with that gun, Matt (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) We've come very far, very fast. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt) If they're big and your little, then you're fast and they're slow (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) | |
Lyrics | You got a fast car (Fast Car; performing artist: Tracy Chapman) She was a fast machine (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC) I'm gonna be a real fast talker (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) Gotta move quick or lode her fast (There She Goes; performing artist: Babyface) It seemed to disappear as fast as it came (Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again; performing artist: BARRY MANILOW) | |
Clever | He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty. (references; author: Mark Twain) The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. [About Russia] (references; author: Bob Hope) I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. (references; author: unknown) No horse goes as fast as the money you bet on him. (references; author: unknown) The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Fat frogs flying past fast. (references; author: unknown) Flee from fog to fight flu fast! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Drive Fast Drive Hard (1973) The Fast Kill (1972) Fast Draw (1968) Ein Fast anständiges Mädchen (1963) | |
Song Titles | Shake It Fast (performing artist: Mystikal) Fast Car (performing artist: Tracy Chapman) Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast (performing artist: Wayne Newton) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is the 5 A Day ad "The Original Fast Food" that appeared in Washington D.C.'s Metrorail stations during September 1993. The ad has running figurines in the shapes of a banana, an orange juice box, a tomato, carrot and broccoli. Credit: Fred Hirsch (photographer). |  | Shown is a 5-A-Day ad "The Original Fast Food" that appeared on metrobuses in the Washington D.C. area during September, 1993. The ad includes a running banana, orange juice box, tomoato, carrot and broccoli figurines. Credit: Fred Hirsch (photographer). |
 | Photomicrograph of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyts in stool smear, acid fast stain. Photograph of water fountain with sign that water is unsafe. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | FAST CTAS system operation trials at Dallas/FT Worth. Credit: NASA. |
 | The youngest commander - promotion was fast in those days. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The NATHANIEL B. PALMER breaking into fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Ross Island for a resupply. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The BELGICA fast in the ice after a blizzard. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y . BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Oceanographie Les Glaces Glace de Mer et Banquises" par Henryk Arctowski. 1908. P. 33. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Photo #1.Cross-section of first spine of dorsal fin of young bluefin tuna showing annual growth rings. These rings are similar to tree growth rings. The wide (brown) areas represent summer growth during periods of high food intake. The narrow (white) bands represent periods of less fast growth during the winter when the fish's metabolism slows. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | HH-53 - Pararescuemen "Fast Rope". |  | This fast growing climber is a fairly common tender perennial species that produces two inch, pinkish blue flowers in mid to late Summer. They provide quick covers for lattice, trellis, arbor and chain-link fence, and are a favorite food source for butter. Credit: Dot Paul. |
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| "Fast" by Lorenzo Colloreta Commentary: "Speedway blur, enjoy." | "Life RUn's FASt..." by Hugo Gomes Commentary: "One Shot in THe TRain..." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Fast, early techno typical of the mid- to late-1980's. | | Fast xylophone line with piano melody and various descending glissandi. |
| A mandolin showcasing a fast strumming style with lots of reverb on the sound. | | Bug or insect sounds with a fast bass line and repeated melodic notes. |
| Harmon-muted trumpet solo and chords within a fast bebop style. . | | A fast tenor saxophone playing in a late bebop style. |
| A very fast swing work featuring an alto saxophone. | | Fast arpeggios and low drum hits with a very thick gassy middle. |
| Fast Caribbean-influenced pop style tune typical of a 1980's style. | | A high-pitched African drum playing a fast rhythmic pattern. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
John Greenleaf Whittier | Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast. |
Lily Tomlin | For fast acting relief, try slowing down. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Secrets travel fast in Paris. |
Oscar Wilde | The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out. |
Plutarch | That proverbial saying, "Bad news travels fast and far." |
Terence | I took to my heels as fast as I could. |
William Shakespeare | Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. |
| Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. | |
| Your wit's too hot, it speeds too fast, 'twill tire. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | They hold fast by the original views of their masters, in opposition to the progressive historical development of the proletariat. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I never knew days fly so fast. |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | But the minister held it fast. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As fast as the heels of her stockings wore out she drew them down into her shoes |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Marry, they say my uncle grew so fast That he could gnaw a crust at two hours old. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Men stood by their fences and looked at the ruined corn, drying fast now, only a little green showing through the film of dust |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | She often took me out of my box at my own desire, to give me air and show me the country, but always held me fast by a leading string |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | As if the main object were to talk fast and not to talk sensibly |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It also slows certain fast heart rhythms. (references) | |
People who fast or lose a lot of weight quickly. (references) | ||
They often lack interest in eating and may choose fast foods low in fiber. (references) | ||
Business | Tourism is a fast growing industry in Argentina. (references) | |
The key reason is fast growth in demand for the internet. (references) | ||
Most franchise operations are related to fast food services. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Cuba | On June 7, eight doctors and one nurse initiated a public fast to protest the refusal of the Ministry of Health to issue them the required permission to secure exit permits; the fast remained in effect at year's end. (references) |
Switzerland | In 1999 a court held that the Scientologists' activities were commercial and not religious, and that the city should grant them and other commercial enterprises, such as fast food restaurants, more freedom to distribute pamphlets on a permit basis. (references) | |
Economic History | Guatemala | Regionalization is fast becoming a reality. (references) |
Human Rights | Ghana | The Government announced plans to establish Fast Track Courts throughout the country. (references) |
Cuba | On April 27, human rights activists from a number of organizations initiated a fast to demand medical treatment for Perez Antunez. (references) | |
Ghana | In the first 4 months of operation, 76 cases were filed before the Fast Track Court, 56 of them civil and 2 criminal; 13 were completed. (references) | |
Minorities | Sri Lanka | During 1999, the Government introduced a program to begin registering these individuals; 15,300 Hill Tamils received identity cards between January and September 30. Some critics charged that the program did not progress fast enough. (references) |
Political Economy | IRELAND | Fast growth has been accompanied by increasing openness to the world economy. (references) |
IRELAND | Government surpluses, together with fast growth in national income, have reduced Ireland's Debt/GDP ratio from over 125 percent in 1987 to 39 percent at the end of 2000. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mali | Despite governmental pressure to move ahead with decentralization, the nonparliamentary opposition says that the Government is moving too fast and should implement the process step by step as administrators lack adequate funding to govern effectively. (references) |
Trade | France | The recognition and use of ISO 9000 in France is expanding at a very fast pace. (references) |
Panama | Processing of customs documents in Panama for imports is fast, efficient and reliable. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Good pizzas and other fast food. (references) |
Ghana | Restaurant, fast food, and takeaway and a drive through. (references) | |
Ghana | This is the spot for American fast food and good milkshakes. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | In September 300 foreign workers staged a one-day work stoppage at a fast food restaurant chain, complaining that they had not been paid for nearly 9 months. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TABLE D':HOTE:, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility. Old Paunchinello, freshly wed, Took Madam P. to table, And there deliriously fed As fast as he was able. "I dote upon good grub," he cried, Intent upon its throatage. "Ah, yes," said the neglected bride, "You're in your table d'hotage." Associated Poets |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | It's like dancing in the air. When you are skiing fast down the slope, you just put a little pressure on one side and you go to the other side, and it's just the speed, you're just flying. |
Dennis Miller | We love the convenience of fast food. |
Jack Hanna | They're pretty fast. By the way, the chinchilla is almost extinct in the wild. We have thousands of them in captivity. |
Robert Atkins | The diet is in four stages. The induction works very fast but you don't stay on it very long. It is just to get things started. |
Rush Limbaugh | Right in the middle of the Big Tobacco assault, I predicted something that later actually started happening with regard to a fat tax on fast foods. |
Sylvia Browne | Oh, and you're screaming in your heads. And you're like this. Oh, it's horrible. You say to God, please let me make a fast exit and entrance. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides this, such repeated changes take place, that all arrangement is set at nought, and the constant fluctuation of things, deranges every plan, as fast as adopted. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | But in this country the slaves multiply as fast as the free inhabitants. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | At the same time it is imperative that we relieve those who have already done their duty, and that we relieve them as fast as we can. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our plant capacity and productivity are not increasing fast enough. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We've come so far so fast in the post-Cold War world that it is easy to take the decline of the nuclear threat for granted. |
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| "Fast" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 60.05% of the time. "Fast" is used about 5,216 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 60.05% | 3,133 | 2,999 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 37.46% | 1,954 | 4,400 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.16% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.23% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.04% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,216 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fast" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fast | Last name | 2,000 | 6,550 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Fast Systems Technology (Holdings) Ltd. | Japan | Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. |
| USA | International Fast Food Corp | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fast": act fast ♦ acting fast ♦ as fast as one can ♦ be a fast liver ♦ be fast ♦ be fast aground ♦ be fast asleep ♦ Be Set Free Fast ♦ bind smb. fast ♦ bow fast ♦ break one's fast ♦ come fast and furious ♦ come thick and fast ♦ fast accelerator for modular exponentiation ♦ fast ACCH ♦ Fast and loose ♦ Fast and loose pulleys ♦ fast and thickly ♦ fast asleep ♦ fast associated control channel ♦ fast ATA ♦ Fast beside ♦ fast breeder reactor ♦ Fast by ♦ fast car ♦ fast color ♦ fast colour ♦ Fast day ♦ fast dye ♦ fast Ethernet ♦ fast food ♦ fast food restaurant ♦ fast forward ♦ fast Fourier Transform ♦ fast Fourier transformation ♦ fast friend ♦ fast friendship ♦ fast groove ♦ fast ice ♦ fast info ♦ fast information block ♦ fast information channel ♦ fast information group ♦ fast jenkin ♦ fast lane ♦ fast letter ♦ Fast liver ♦ fast motion ♦ Fast Neutrons ♦ fast of Ab ♦ fast of Av ♦ fast one ♦ fast Packet ♦ fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory ♦ Fast pulley ♦ fast reactor ♦ fast reed ♦ fast rewind ♦ fast SCSI ♦ Fast Search and Transfer ♦ fast select ♦ fast sleep ♦ fast spiral ♦ fast time scale ♦ fast to light ♦ fast train ♦ fast transmitter ♦ fast trip ♦ fast woman ♦ frozen fast ♦ get fast ♦ go fast asleep ♦ going fast ♦ Hard and fast ♦ hard and fast rule ♦ he ran as fast as his legs would carry him ♦ Head fast ♦ hold fast ♦ it is raining fast ♦ keep a fast ♦ keep fast ♦ lenten fast ♦ live fast ♦ lock fast ♦ make fast ♦ not fast ♦ not so fast ♦ play fast and loose ♦ play fast and loose with smb. ♦ play fast and loose with the facts ♦ pull a fast one ♦ pull a fast one on ♦ pull a fast one on smb. ♦ put a clock fast ♦ rettigheder til fast ejendom og undergrunden ♦ stand fast ♦ stern fast ♦ stick fast ♦ stuck fast ♦ Superior Fast ♦ take fast hold of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fast": fast-acting, fast-answer, fast-appreciating, fast-approaching, fast-beating, fast-becoming-barren, fast-blow, fast-bowler, fast-bowlers, fast-bowling, fast-breeder, fast-buck, fast-changing, fast-charger, fast-cutting, fast-darkening, fast-day, fast-days, fast-dealing, fast-declining, fast-depleting, fast-developing, fast-diminishing, fast-disappearing, fast-disbursing, fast-drying, fast-dwindling, fast-emerging, fast-encroaching, fast-expanding, fast-fading, fast-falling, fast-fatteners, fast-finishing, fast-firers, fast-firing, fast-fit, fast-fixing, fast-flagging, fast-flowering, fast-flowing, fast-flowing stream, fast-flying, fast-food, fast-fooderies, fast-footed, fast-forward, fast-forwarded, fast-forwarding, fast-freeze, fast-growing, fast-growth, Fast-handed, fast-held, fast-improving, fast-it, fast-jet, fast-knotted, fast-lane, fast-link, fast-living, fast-loading, fast-looking, fast-maturing, fast-medium, fast-moving, fast-multiplying, fast-paced, fast-paint, fast-pecking, fast-phase, fast-picked, fast-pressing, fast-raiding, fast-reacting, fast-reactor, fast-reboot, fast-recycling, fast-red, fast-reducing, fast-reforming, fast-response, fast-retrieve, fast-riding, fast-rising, fast-rope, fast-run, fast-running, fast-sailing, fast-scoring, fast-selling, fast-settling, fast-shifting, fast-shrinking, fast-sounding, fast-spoken, fast-spreading, fast-starting, fast-stream, fast-swimming, fast-tag, fast-talk, fast-talking, fast-taper, fast-thinking, fast-threat, fast-track, fast-tracked, fast-tracking, fast-twirling, fast-twitch, fast-vanishing, fast-varying, fast-walking, fast-weaving, fast-wheeling, fast-working, fast-wrinkling. | |
Ending with "fast": lightning-fast, medium-fast, super-fast. | |
Containing "fast": Acid-Fast-Bacillus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "fast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vinnig (quick, quickly, rapid, speedy, swift, swiftly), haastig (hurried, quick, rapid, speedy, swift), gou (quickly, swiftly). (various references) | |
Albanian | i shpejtë (agile, arrowy, brisk, dashing, expedite, expeditious, express, fleet, fleet of foot, fleet-footed, fleeting, flying, hasty, imminent, mercurial, prompt, quick, rapid, smart, spanking, speedy, swift, volant, wanton, winged, wing-footed), agjëroj, asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish, finish off, frustrate, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set), i ndjeshëm (appreciable, delicate, perceptible, sensible, sensitive, sensuous, sentient, sentimental, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned, touchy), i ngutshëm (clamant, hurried, instant, pressing, urgent), i puthitur (close fitting, contiguous, full-fashioned), agjërim, i shkujdesur (blind, carefree, careless, casual, cavalier, devil may care, downbeat, easy, easygoing, forgetful, happy go lucky, heedless, improvident, inadvertent, incautious, inobservant, lax, light hearted, lightsome, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack, slaphappy, slipshod, thoughtless, traipse, trapes, unclean, unconcerned, unkempt, unladylike, unmindful, untidy), shpejt (apace, at full pelt, before long, chop-chop, express, make it snappy, neck and crop, not far off, on the double, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily, trippingly), i sigurt (assertive, assured, certain, clear, confident, dead, dependable, firm, foolproof, indubitable, infallible, positive, reliable, reliant, safe, secure, sound, sterling, sure, trusty, unerring), krejt (absolutely, altogether, at all, clean, complete, diametrically, flat, out and out, plenty, quite, thorough-paced, up, very), kreshmë (fasting), mbaj kreshmë, puthitur, që shkon para, i qëndrueshëm (abiding, consistent, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, firm, Hardy, indissoluble, lasting, lingering, perdurable, permanent, persistent, resistant, settled, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving). (various references) | |
Arabic | محكم (airtight, coherent, compact, firm, hermetic, impermeable, impervious, precise, secure, solid, strong, tight, well knit), مغلق (bolted, closed, locked, mac, sealed, shut, shut in), متعجل (accelerant, hasty, hurry, overhasty), وقت الصيام, سريع (brisk, clipping, express, expressible, feathered, fleet, flier, hasty, momentary, nippy, precipitate, prompt, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rife, smart, snappy, speed, speedy, swift), سرع (accelerate, career, chase, force, get a move on, gun, hasten, hurry up, hustle, lollop, pelt, pounce, push, quicken, rush, smarten, speed, speed up, step on it, throttle, trot), عميق (abstruse, cordial, deep, heavy, ingrained, inward, passionate, profound, sound, thorough), على نحو متقدم, صيام (fasting), صوم (fasting), صام, صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, exact, extreme, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stark, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, settled, solid, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, solid, sound, stabile, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested), بسرعة (apace, as soon as possible, hastily, precipitately, presto, quick, quickly, readily, rushed, sharply, slap, speedily, swift). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нечестно спечелен, пости (fasting), постене (fasting), постя (keep lent), бърз (agile, brisk, dapper, expedite, expeditious, express, forward, hasty, hurried, light-heeled, lively, natty, nippy, precipitate, pressing, prompt, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rush, sharp, slapdash, slippy, smart, spanking, speedy, sweeping, time-saving, urgent, wing-footed), бързо (apace, chop-chop, express, hastily, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, lively, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, snap, speedily, sweepingly, swiftly, trippingly), лекомислен (airy, airy fairy, dizzy, empty headed, featherbrained, flip, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, harum scarum, idle, inconstant, light, light minded, light-headed, scatter-brained, superficial, trivial, unreflecting, unthinking), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe), здраво (closely, firm, firmly, fixedly, sound, soundly, stably, tight, with vigor, with vigour), здраво закрепен, здраво вързан, плътно (closely, densely, hermetically, tightly), неподвижен (at rest, attached, fixed, immobile, inelastic, motionless, moveless, put, quiescent, rigid, sessile, set, slack, stationary, statuesque, steadfast, still, stirless, stock-still, unacted), стегнато (tensely, tight, tightly), високочувствителен, говея, твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), траен (abiding, durable, enduring, keeping, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, settled, stable, standing, steadfast, stout, substantive), трайно (permanently), разпуснат (dissolute, free, gay, incontinent, lax, loose, profligate, raffish, rakish, self-abandoned, ungovernable, unregenerated, unsteady, wanton), развратен (abandoned, debauched, dissolute, filthy, goatish, immoral, impur |
