Definitions for FAST

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FAST fast

Spelling: [fast, fahst]

IPA: /fæst, fɑst/

Fast is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in FAST (afst).

Definitions for FAST

noun

1. a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
2. an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, especially when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting.
3. a day or period of fasting.
4. a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.

Idioms

1. play fast and loose. play (def 80).
2. pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit:

adverb

1. quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.
2. in quick succession:
3. tightly; firmly:
4. soundly:
5. in a wild or dissipated way.
6. ahead of the correct or announced time.
7. Archaic. close; near:

adjective

1. moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid:
2. done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time:
3. indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. noting or according to daylight-saving time.
4. adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement:
5. characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose:
6. characterized by hectic activity:
7. resistant:
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:
10. firmly tied, as a knot.
11. closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
12. such as to hold securely:
13. firm in adherence; loyal; devoted:
14. permanent, lasting, or unchangeable:
15. Informal. (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: cleverly quick and manipulative in making money:
16. Photography. (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time. (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density.
17. Horse Racing. (of a track condition) completely dry. (of a track surface) very hard.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to abstain entirely from or limit food; put on a fast:

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.

Origin of FAST

before 900; Middle English; Old English fæst firm; cognate with Dutch vast, Old Norse fastr firm, German fest; akin to fast²

Examples for FAST

I think it all happened so fast for Sony that they were trying to regroup.

But, fast as you could move, Scottie, powder drives lead a lot faster.

Let me fix your hair and we'll hurry to Vinton's as fast as ever we can.

"Come out of that," he shouted, and made his way through the company as fast as he could.

The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.

People looked around at Harriet, but Harriet was fast asleep.

Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.

I had to walk as fast as I could, and exercise my limbs all I could, in order to keep warm.

High flying and fast, the F-22 Raptor stealth jet is by far the most lethal fighter America has ever built.