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fast as in abstaining from food

    Synonyms

    • fasting abstaining from food
    fast as in quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
    • how fast can he get here?
    • ran as fast as he could
    • needs medical help fast
    • fast-running rivers
    • fast-breaking news
    • fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters
    fast as in firmly or closely
    • held fast to the rope
    • her foot was stuck fast
    • held tight

    Synonyms

    • tight firmly or closely; in an attentive manner; closely constrained or constricted or constricting; pulled or drawn tight; set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; pressed tightly together; (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; of such close construction as to be impermeable; of textiles; securely or solidly fixed in place; (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; very drunk ; exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; packed closely together
    fast as in abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
    • Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
    fast as in abstain from eating
    • Before the medical exam, you must fast
    fast as in acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
    • fast film
    • on the fast track in school
    • set a fast pace
    • a fast car
    fast as in (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
    • my watch is fast
    fast as in at a rapid tempo
    • the band played a fast fox trot
    fast as in (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
    • a fast road
    • grass courts are faster than clay
    fast as in resistant to destruction or fading
    • fast colors
    fast as in unrestrained by convention or morality
    • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
    • deplorably dissipated and degraded
    • riotous living
    • fast women

    Synonyms

    • debauched unrestrained by convention or morality
    • degenerate unrestrained by convention or morality; grow worse; a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
    • degraded unrestrained by convention or morality; lowered in value
    • dissipated unrestrained by convention or morality; preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
    • dissolute unrestrained by convention or morality
    • libertine unrestrained by convention or morality; a dissolute person
    • profligate recklessly wasteful; unrestrained by convention or morality; a dissolute man in fashionable society ; a recklessly extravagant consumer
    • riotous produced or growing in extreme abundance; characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; unrestrained by convention or morality
    fast as in hurried and brief
    • paid a flying visit
    • took a flying glance at the book
    • a quick inspection
    • a fast visit

    Synonyms

    • flying an instance of traveling by air; moving swiftly; hurried and brief
    • quick with little or no delay; any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) ; accomplished rapidly and without delay; hurried and brief; moving quickly and lightly; apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; performed with little or no delay; easily aroused or excited
    fast as in securely fixed in place
    • the post was still firm after being hit by the car

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    • firm with resolute determination; the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; become taut or tauter; make taut or tauter; marked by firm determination or resolution; not soft or yielding to pressure; strong and sure; not subject to revision or change; (of especially a person’s physical features) not shaking or trembling; not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; securely established; possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; securely fixed in place; unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    • immobile not capable of movement or of being moved ; securely fixed in place
    fast as in unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    • a firm ally
    • loyal supporters
    • the true-hearted soldier…of Tippecanoe- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison
    • fast friends

    Synonyms

    • firm with resolute determination; the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; become taut or tauter; make taut or tauter; marked by firm determination or resolution; not soft or yielding to pressure; strong and sure; not subject to revision or change; (of especially a person’s physical features) not shaking or trembling; not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; securely established; possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; securely fixed in place; unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    • loyal steadfast in allegiance or duty; inspired by love for your country ; unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    • truehearted unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    • fast(a)
    fast as in (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
    • a fast lens