FAST

Definitions of fast in various dictionaries:

noun - abstaining from food

verb - abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

verb - abstain from eating

adj - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

adj - (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

adj - at a rapid tempo

adj - (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

adj - resistant to destruction or fading

adj - unrestrained by convention or morality

adj - hurried and brief

adj - securely fixed in place

adj - unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

adj - (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

adv - quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

adv - firmly or closely

Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.

Accomplished in relatively little time: a fast visit.

Indicating a time somewhat ahead of the actual time: The clock is fast.

Adapted to or suitable for rapid movement: a fast running track.

Designed for or compatible with a short exposure time: fast film.

Disposed to dissipation; wild: ran with a fast crowd.

Flouting conventional moral standards; sexually promiscuous.

Resistant, as to destruction or fading: fast colors.

Firmly fixed or fastened: a fast grip.

Fixed firmly in place; secure: shutters that are fast against the rain.

Firm in loyalty: fast friends.

Lasting; permanent: fast rules and regulations.

Deep; sound: in a fast sleep.

In a secure manner; tightly: hold fast.

To a sound degree; deeply: fast asleep.

In a rapid manner; quickly.

In quick succession: New ideas followed fast.

Ahead of the correct or expected time: a watch that runs fast.

In a dissipated, immoderate way: living fast.

Close by; near.

To abstain from food.

To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.

A period of such abstention or self-denial.

adj - moving or able to move quickly

verb - to abstain from eating