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fast

English

🔊 (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
“a fast lens”
🔊 acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
“fast film”
🔊 at a rapid tempo
“the band played a fast fox trot”
🔊 (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
“my watch is fast”
🔊 securely fixed in place
“the post was still firm after being hit by the car”
🔊 resistant to destruction or fading
“fast colors”
🔊 (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
“a fast road”
🔊 hurried and brief
“paid a flying visit”
🔊 unrestrained by convention or morality
“Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”
🔊 abstaining from food
🔊 quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
“how fast can he get here?”
🔊 firmly or closely
“held fast to the rope”
🔊 abstain from eating
“Before the medical exam, you must fast”
🔊 abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
“Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”