Fast


[fast, fahst] /fæst, fɑst/

adjective, faster, fastest.
1.
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid:
a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
2.
done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time:
a fast race; fast work.
3.

4.
adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement:
a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball.
5.
characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose:
Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous.
6.
characterized by hectic activity:
leading a fast life.
7.
resistant:
acid-fast.
8.
firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached.
9.
held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated:
an animal fast in a trap.
10.
firmly tied, as a knot.
11.
closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
12.
such as to hold securely:
to lay fast hold on a thing.
13.
firm in adherence; loyal; devoted:
fast friends.
14.
permanent, lasting, or unchangeable:
a fast color; a hard and fast rule.
15.
Informal.

16.
Photography.

17.
Horse Racing.

adverb, faster, fastest.
18.
quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.
19.
in quick succession:
Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis.
20.
tightly; firmly:
to hold fast.
21.
soundly:
fast asleep.
22.
in a wild or dissipated way.
23.
ahead of the correct or announced time.
24.
Archaic. close; near:
fast by.
noun
25.
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
Idioms
26.
play fast and loose. (def 80).
27.
pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit:
He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards.
[fast, fahst] /fæst, fɑst/
verb (used without object)
1.
to abstain from all food.
2.
to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast:
to fast a patient for a day before surgery.
noun
4.
an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one’s food, especially when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.
5.
a day or period of fasting.
[fast, fahst] /fæst, fɑst/
noun
1.
a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.
/fɑːst/
adjective
1.
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift
2.
accomplished in or lasting a short time: fast work, a fast visit
3.
(prenominal) adapted to or facilitating rapid movement: the fast lane of a motorway
4.
requiring rapidity of action or movement: a fast sport
5.
(of a clock, etc) indicating a time in advance of the correct time
6.
given to an active dissipated life
7.
of or characteristic of such activity: a fast life
8.
not easily moved; firmly fixed; secure
9.
firmly fastened, secured, or shut
10.
steadfast; constant (esp in the phrase fast friends)
11.
(sport) (of a playing surface, running track, etc) conducive to rapid speed, as of a ball used on it or of competitors playing or racing on it
12.
that will not fade or change colour readily: a fast dye
13.

14.
(photog)

15.
(cricket) (of a bowler) characteristically delivering the ball rapidly
16.
(informal) glib or unreliable; deceptive: a fast talker
17.
(archaic) sound; deep: a fast sleep
18.
(informal) a deceptive or unscrupulous trick (esp in the phrase pull a fast one)
19.
fast worker, a person who achieves results quickly, esp in seductions
adverb
20.
quickly; rapidly
21.
soundly; deeply: fast asleep
22.
firmly; tightly
23.
in quick succession
24.
in advance of the correct time: my watch is running fast
25.
in a reckless or dissipated way
26.
(archaic) fast by, fast beside, close or hard by; very near
27.
(informal) play fast and loose, to behave in an insincere or unreliable manner
interjection
28.
(archery) (said by the field captain to archers) stop shooting!
/fɑːst/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to abstain from eating all or certain foods or meals, esp as a religious observance
noun
2.

adj.

Old English fæst “firmly fixed, steadfast, secure, enclosed,” probably from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (cf. Old Frisian fest, Old Norse fastr, Dutch vast, German fest), from PIE root *past- “firm” (cf. Sanskrit pastyam “dwelling place”).

The adverb meaning “quickly, swiftly” was perhaps in Old English, or from Old Norse fast, either way developing from the sense of “firmly, strongly, vigorously” (cf. to run hard means to run fast; also compare fast asleep), or perhaps from the notion of a runner who “sticks” close to whatever he is chasing.

The sense of “living an unrestrained life” (usually of women) is from 1746 (fast living is from 1745). Fast buck recorded from 1947; fast food is first attested 1951. Fast-forward first recorded 1948. Fast lane is by 1966; the fast track originally was in horse-racing (1934); figurative sense by 1960s. To fast talk someone (v.) is recorded by 1946.
v.

Old English fæstan “to fast” (as a religious duty), from Proto-Germanic *fastejan (cf. Old Frisian festia, Old High German fasten, German fasten, Old Norse fasta), from the same root as fast (adj.).

The original meaning was “hold firmly,” and the sense evolution is via “firm control of oneself,” to “holding to observance” (cf. Gothic fastan “to keep, observe,” also “to fast”). Presumably the whole group is a Germanic translation of Medieval Latin observare “to fast.” Related: Fasted; fasting.
n.

Old English fæstan, festen, or Old Norse fasta; from the root of fast (v.).

fast 1 (fāst)
adj. fast·er, fast·est

fast 2
v. fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts

n.

adjective

Morally lax; libertine: on Long Island with the fast younger married set (1859+)

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1.
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The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old Testament is in Zech. 7:1-7; 8:19, from which it appears that during their captivity the Jews observed four annual fasts. (1.) The fast of the fourth month, kept on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, the anniversary of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; to commemorate also the incident recorded Ex. 32:19. (Comp. Jer. 52:6, 7.) (2.) The fast of the fifth month, kept on the ninth of Ab (comp. Num. 14:27), to commemorate the burning of the city and temple (Jer. 52:12, 13). (3.) The fast of the seventh month, kept on the third of Tisri (comp. 2 Kings 25), the anniversary of the murder of Gedaliah (Jer. 41:1, 2). (4.) The fast of the tenth month (comp. Jer. 52:4; Ezek. 33:21; 2 Kings 25:1), to commemorate the beginning of the siege of the holy city by Nebuchadnezzar. There was in addition to these the fast appointed by Esther (4:16). Public national fasts on account of sin or to supplicate divine favour were sometimes held. (1.) 1 Sam. 7:6; (2.) 2 Chr. 20:3; (3.) Jer. 36:6-10; (4.) Neh. 9:1. There were also local fasts. (1.) Judg. 20:26; (2.) 2 Sam. 1:12; (3.) 1 Sam. 31:13; (4.) 1 Kings 21:9-12; (5.) Ezra 8:21-23: (6.) Jonah 3:5-9. There are many instances of private occasional fasting (1 Sam. 1:7: 20:34; 2 Sam. 3:35; 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Ezra 10:6; Neh. 1:4; Dan. 10:2,3). Moses fasted forty days (Ex. 24:18; 34:28), and so also did Elijah (1 Kings 19:8). Our Lord fasted forty days in the wilderness (Matt. 4:2). In the lapse of time the practice of fasting was lamentably abused (Isa. 58:4; Jer. 14:12; Zech. 7:5). Our Lord rebuked the Pharisees for their hypocritical pretences in fasting (Matt. 6:16). He himself appointed no fast. The early Christians, however, observed the ordinary fasts according to the law of their fathers (Acts 13:3; 14:23; 2 Cor. 6:5).

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