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fast
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[ adjective ] acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Examples "fast film" "on the fast track in school" "set a fast pace" "a fast car" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Then Throneberry rapped into a fast double_play . A bright sun and brisk wind had the track in a fast condition for_the_first_time this week and 8280 St._Patty_Day celebrants bet $ 842617 on the well prepared program . (The Providence Journal...)It has a fast pace , excellent music , expert direction , and not_only a good comedian , but an appealing person in his own right , Mr._Berman . (Mr. America, 4:6...)And they could n't have entrusted Henri to better hands because `` le_professeur '' knows his muscles from the sterno-cleido_mastoideus of the neck right down to the tibialis_anticus of the leg - and better still , he knows just what exercises work best for them and what Weider principles to combine them with for fast , fast muscle growth . And they could n't have entrusted Henri to better hands because `` le_professeur '' knows his muscles from the sterno-cleido_mastoideus of the neck right down to the tibialis_anticus of the leg - and better still , he knows just what exercises work best for them and what Weider principles to combine them with for fast , fast muscle growth . |
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[ adverb ] quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
Examples "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 in print (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)The shutter consists_of two parts : a fast opening part and a fast closing part . The shutter consists_of two parts : a fast opening part and a fast closing part . Using Edgerton 's method , the fast closing action is obtained from the blackening of a window by exploding a series of parallel lead wires . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Angie worth his weight in gold right now , but these users , they sometimes went_down fast . (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Even with words coming too fast , they came on the music of the voice . |
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[ adverb ] firmly or tightly
Synonyms Examples "held fast to the rope" "her foot was stuck fast" "held tight" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)The part of the mind that preserves dates and events may remonstrate , `` It could have been like that for only a_little while '' ; but true memory does not count nor add : it holds fast to things that were and they are outside of time . |
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[ noun ] (food) abstaining from food
Synonyms Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Although she weighed only 108 pounds when she visited him , Carroll permitted her to go on a 10 - day fast in which she took nothing but water . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
Examples "my watch is fast" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
Synonyms Examples "a firm ally" "loyal supporters" "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison "fast friends" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or morality
Examples "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" "deplorably dissipated and degraded" "riotous living" "fast women" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used of persons) dependable in devotion or allegiance or affection
Examples "a faithful old dog" "a faithful friend" "fast friends" "a loyal companion" "she proved a true friend" "a lover absolutely true in act and word and thought"- H.O.Taylor Related terms |
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[ adjective ] permanently dyed
Synonyms Examples "fast colors" "colorfast fabrics" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
Examples "a fast road" "grass courts are faster than clay" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (music) at a rapid tempo
Examples "the band played a fast fox trot" Related terms slow music presto prestissimo allegretto vivace andantino allegro |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6550
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