fast

• (r) 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
• (a) 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
• (r) firmly or closely
  • held fast to the rope
  • her foot was stuck fast
  • held tight
  tight,
• (a) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
  • my watch is fast
• (a) at a rapid tempo
  • the band played a fast fox trot
• (s) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
  • a fast road
  • grass courts are faster than clay
• (s) resistant to destruction or fading
  • fast colors
• (s) unrestrained by convention or morality
  • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
  • deplorably dissipated and degraded
  • riotous living
  • fast women
  debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous,
• (s) hurried and brief
  • paid a flying visit
  • took a flying glance at the book
  • a quick inspection
  • a fast visit
  flying, quick,
• (s) securely fixed in place
  • the post was still firm after being hit by the car
  immobile, firm,
• (s) 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
  truehearted, loyal, firm,
• (s) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
  • a fast lens

Nouns

• (n) abstaining from food fasting,

Verbs

• (v) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
  • Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
• (v) abstain from eating
  • Before the medical exam, you must fast

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Words of close approximity