fast
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Is fast a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.Examples: "That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!"Synonyms: firm, immobile, secure, stable, stuck, tight, tightAntonyms: loosedated
2. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)Examples: "I still hear you sayin', "Dear one, hold me fast""
3. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.Examples: "Plutonium-240 has a much higher fission cross-section for fast neutrons than for thermal neutrons."Synonyms: quick, rapid, speedy
4. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.Examples: "But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy."Synonyms: quick, rapid, speedy, swift, easy
5. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.Examples: "All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast."; "Mineral pigments were probably the first materials used for dyeing. They were generally not fast to water."Synonyms: colour-fast
6. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.Examples: "Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells."obsolete
noun (English)
1. (British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.Synonyms: express, express train, fast trainAntonyms: local, slow train, stopperBritish
intj (English)
1. (archery) Ellipsis of stand fast, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.Antonyms: looseabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
adv (English)
1. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .Examples: "The princess was sleeping fast, and her servants were fast asleep too."Synonyms: deeplyAntonyms: lightly
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.Examples: "Thou didst fast and weep for the child."; "Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked."; "1677 George Fox, The Hypocrites Fast and Feast Not God's Holy Day, p. 8 (paraphrasing Matthew 6:16-18). And is it not the Command of Christ, that in their Fast they should not appear unto men to fast?"intransitive
2. (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.Examples: "The ideal would be to fast in a situation where you are not tempted by food"; "After the equilibration period, the rats designated for deprivation studies were made to fast for 24, 48, 72, or 96 hr according to experimental design."intransitive
3. (transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.Examples: "At 11 weeks of age, all mice were fasted overnight and underwent gallbladder ultrasonography to determine ejection fraction."; "Kittens, when fasted overnight, were not hypoglycemic (<60 mg/dl)."transitive
phrase (English)
1. (medicine, pathology) Acronym of facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time, a mnemonic for diagnosing a CVA or stroke.abbreviationacronymalt-of
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