Fast(a.) In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
Fast(a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
Fast(n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
Fast(n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.
Fast(v.) Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
Fast(v.) Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
Fast(v.) Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
Fast(v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
Fast(v.) Tenacious; retentive.
Fast(v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
Fast(v.) Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
Fast(v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
Fast(v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
Fast(v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.
Fast(v. i.) Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
Fast(v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
Fast(v. i.) A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.
Fasted(imp. & p. p.) of Fast
Fasting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fast
Fastly(adv.) Firmly; surely.
Fastness(a.) The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.
Fastness(a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.
Fastness(a.) Conciseness of style.
Fastness(a.) The state of being fast or swift.
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