Fast - Definition

adv 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" [syn: fast, tight]
adj 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,
degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute,
libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, quick, fast]
8: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being
hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile]
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, fast(a)]
10: (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of
exposure time; "a fast lens"
n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting]
v 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"