Fast ¹

Definition: To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Fast ²

Definition: To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

Fast ³

Definition: Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Fast ⁴

Definition: Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

Fast ⁵

Definition: A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

Fast ⁶

Definition: Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

Fast ⁷

Definition: Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Fast ⁸

Definition: Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

Fast ⁹

Definition: Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Fast ¹⁰

Definition: Tenacious; retentive.

Fast ¹¹

Definition: Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

Fast ¹²

Definition: Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

Fast ¹³

Definition: Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

Fast ¹⁴

Definition: In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

Fast ¹⁵

Definition: In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

Fast ¹⁶

Definition: That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

Fast ¹⁷

Definition: The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

fast ¹⁸

Definition: abstaining from food

fast ¹⁹

Definition: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

fast ²⁰

Definition: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

fast ²¹

Definition: 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"

fast ²²

Definition: at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"

fast ²³

Definition: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"

fast ²⁴

Definition: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

fast ²⁵

Definition: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

fast ²⁶

Definition: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

fast ²⁷

Definition: resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"

fast ²⁸

Definition: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

fast ²⁹

Definition: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"

fast ³⁰

Definition: 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"

fast ³¹

Definition: firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"