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Definition of fast:
- 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.
- Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
- Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
- Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
- In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
- In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
- In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.
- Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
- Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
- Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
- Tenacious; retentive.
- 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.
- The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.
- To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
- 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.
- Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
Synonyms:
solid, continue, precipitate, ungoverned, devalued, unfaltering, lewd, sex, hurrying, whorish, profligate, dissipated, in nothing flat, bolted, allegretto, flying, not eat, steadfast, fleet, andantino, rapid, debauched, accelerated, extravagant, alacritous, dyed, prompt, dissolute, trust, restraint, sluggish, fasting, tinted, libertine, stable, true, immediate, light, locked, in a flash, speeding, go hungry, active, prodigal, uninhibited, like a bat out of hell, like a streak, hastening, immovable, unrestrained, scurrying, tighten, firm, agile, like a blue streak, flat out, barred, riotous, instant, steady, waterproof, unconstrained, like a shot, flirtatious, Allegiant, lasting, card-playing, turbulent, incontinent, lush, full tilt, vivace, sporting, blistering, mercurial, wanton, liege, starve, fleeting, like the wind, close, unfluctuating, high-speed, tumultuous, swift, winged, unwavering, luxuriant, faithful, hell-for-leather, fixed, fastened, run wild, loyal, like wildfire, secured, slow, quick, posthaste, wanton, tenacious, washable, straightaway, troubled, unshakable, betting, warm, latched, licentious, wild, indelible, double-quick, easy, like greased lightning, immobile, brief, speedy, unbridled, stiff, strong, truehearted, profuse, quickly, hot, ready, clinging, abandoned, uncontrolled, tight, swift-footed, diet, accelerating, headlong, deceive, lickety-split, spendthrift, fast-flying, staunch, closely, secure, sure, wild, prestissimo, unbendable, rakish, apace, short, electric, presto, colorfast, smooth, meteoric, loose, constant, express, racing, free, gay, allegro, like a flash, loose, immoral, pronto, instantaneous, misbehave, degenerate, spry, disruptive, be careless, high-velocity, observe a fast, red hot, like a house on fire, debased, exuberant, durable, degraded, forbear eating.
- fast (part of speech: adjective)
- hasty (part of speech: adjective)
