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fast° adj. 1 quick, swift, fleet, speedy, brisk; brief, hurried,
hasty, high-speed, accelerated, expeditious, rapid, express:
She is very fast on her feet. We need a fast turn-round on this
job. 2 loose, profligate, wild, extravagant, dissipated,
intemperate, irresponsible, sybaritic, self-indulgent,
dissolute, unrestrained, indecorous, rakish, licentious,
promiscuous, immoral, wanton, lecherous, lustful: They led
quite a fast life till their divorce. 3 firm, fastened,
secure(d), fixed, tied, bound, connected, attached: The boat
was fast to the pier. 4 firm, fixed, settled, stable, solid,
immovable, unshakable or unshakeable, tight: The sword was fast
in the stone. 5 firm, stable, steadfast, staunch, unwavering,
constant, lasting, close, loyal, devoted, faithful, lasting,
permanent: We maintained a fast friendship over the years.
--adv. 6 quickly, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, presto,
hastily, hurriedly, with all speed or haste, expeditiously,
apace, post-haste, like a flash, in the blink of an eye, in a
wink, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', in no time (at all),
Colloq like a bat out of hell, like a shot, p.d.q. (='pretty
damned quick'), Brit like the clappers (of hell), US and
Canadian quick like a bunny or rabbit, lickety-split: Don't
talk so fast. He ran out of there very fast. I'll be back very
fast. 7 firmly, fixedly, immovably, solidly, unshakeably or
unshakably, tightly, securely, soundly: The rope held fast. He
is fast asleep. 8 closely, close to, immediately, near, (close)
on, right: Fast on the heels of the fugitive came the police.
9 loosely, wildly, recklessly, intemperately, irresponsibly,
fecklessly, extravagantly, intemperately, sybaritically,
self-indulgently, dissolutely, unrestrainedly, indecorously,
rakishly, licentiously, promiscuously, immorally, wantonly,
lecherously, lustfully: He's been living fast since inheriting
that fortune.
fastý v. 1 abstain, go hungry, deny oneself, diet, starve (oneself):
Do you fast during Lent?
--n. 2 abstention, abstinence, fasting, self-denial, diet;
hunger strike: She went on a two-week fast.
fasten v. 1 attach, tie, bind, bond, stick, affix, anchor, fix, lock,
hook (up), secure, join, connect, link, fuse, cement, clamp:
Fasten your seat belts. The mussels fasten themselves by their