Results for fast
Definitions of fast:
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adverb
Rapidly, firmly.
part of speech: adverb
Firmly; soundly or sound ( asleep).
part of speech: adverb
Swiftly; in rapid succession; extravagantly.
part of speech: adjective
Quick; speedy in motion; in advance of the standard: said of a timepiece; firm; close; faithful; gay.
part of speech: noun
The abstaining from food for a certain time, or from particular kinds of food, as flesh; a religious mortification or humiliation by abstaining from food; the time of abstaining from food.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To abstain from food, either from necessity, or as a religious rite.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Close; immovable; firmly fixed; without leaving an interval, as, to follow fast; rapid in motion; extravagant; dissipated; wild.
part of speech: noun
The doing without food as a religious duty.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To keep from food; to go hungry; to abstain from food in whole or part, as a religious duty.
part of speech: verb
To abstain from food beyond the usual time.
part of speech: noun
Abstinence from food; special abstinence enjoined by the church; the day of fasting.
part of speech: adverb
Usage examples for fast:
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" Well, I'm tellin' you, hain't I, fast as I can?
"Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition", Marietta Holley -
" I thought," said I, " that you were fast friends."
"The Red Planet", William J. Locke -
He doesn't run so fast
"Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's", Laura Lee Hope -
They're going fast too.
"Dorian", Nephi Anderson