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1. Fast
   Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. "Surfeit is the father of much fast ."
2. Fast
   Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. "Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places."
3. Fast
   Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
4. Fast
   Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. "There is an order that keeps things fast ."
5. Fast
   In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. "We will bind thee fast ."
6. Fast
   Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
7. Fast
   Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. "All this while in a most fast sleep."
8. Fast
   Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
9. Fast
   Tenacious; retentive. "Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells."
10. Fast
    To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. "Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked."
11. Fast
    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. "Thou didst fast and weep for the child."
12. Fast
    Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

1. fast
   Firmly fixed in place; immovable.
2. fast
   Strong against attack; fortified.
3. fast
   Fixed in such a way as to prevent detachment, separation, removal, or escape; tight; secure; close; not loose nor easily detachable: as, take a fast hold; make fast the door; make fast a rope. Used elliptically in whaling, in exclamation, to indicate that the harpoon has pierced the whale, and that the boat is thus fast to it.
4. fast
   Firm in adherence; steadfast; faithful.
5. fast
   Tenacious; not fugitive; durable; lasting; permanent in tint: as, fast colors; fast to milling or to washing (said of colors, or of materials which will not change color under those operations).
6. fast
   Close, as sleep; deep; sound.
7. fast
   In use; not to be had.
8. fast
   The game of prison-bars or prisoner's-base.
9. fast
   Nautical, to belay: as, to make fast a rope.
10. (n) fast
    That which fastens or holds. Specifically (nautical), a rope or chain by which a vessel is moored to a wharf, pier, etc.: named bow-, head-, quarter-, stern-, or breast-fast, according to the part of the vessel to which it is attached. By the breast-fast the vessel is secured broadside to the wharf or pier.
11. (n) fast
    Immovable shore-ice.
12. (n) fast
    An underlayer; an understratum.
13. fast
    So as to be fixed or firm; so as to be firmly fixed in its place or in a desired position; firmly; immovably: as, the door sticks fast.
14. fast
    In archery, used elliptically for stand fast, or some similar injunction, in cautioning a person against passing between the shooter and the target, and directing him to stand fast, or remain where he is.
15. fast
    Strongly; vehemently; greatly; hard.
16. fast
    Tenaciously; durably; permanently.
17. fast
    Eagerly.
18. fast
    Soundly; closely; deeply.
19. fast
    Close; near: as, fast by; fast beside. See below.
20. fast
    To make fast; fix; fasten.
21. fast
    Specifically To join in marriage; marry.
22. fast
    Swiftly; rapidly; quickly; with quick motion or in rapid succession: as, to run fast; to move fast through the water, as a ship; the work goes on fast; it rains fast; the blows fell thick and fast.
23. fast
    Swift; quick in motion; rapid; that moves, advances, or acts with celerity or speed: as, a fast horse; a fast cruiser; a fast printing-press.
24. fast
    Done or accomplished with celerity; speedily performed; occupying comparatively little time: as, a fast passage or journey; a fast race; fast work.
25. fast
    Being in advance of a standard; too far ahead: used of timepieces and reckonings of time: as, the clock or watch is fast, or ten minutes fast; your time is fast.
26. fast
    Furnishing or concerned with rapid transportation: as, a fast train; a fast-freight line; a fast route; a fast station.
27. fast
    Eager in the pursuit of pleasure or frivolity; devoted to pleasure and gayety; dissipated: as, a fast liver; a fast man; a fast life. When applied to a woman, it commonly indicates that she does not abide by strict rules of propriety, imitates the manners or habits of a man, etc.
28. fast
    To hasten.
29. fast
    To abstain from food beyond the usual time; omit to take nourishment: go hungry.
30. fast
    To abstain from food, or from particular kinds of food, voluntarily, for the mortification of the body, as a religious duty. See fast, n., and fast-day.
31. (n) fast
    A state of fasting; abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
32. (n) fast
    Voluntary abstinence from food, as a religious penance or discipline, as a means of propitiation, or as an expression of grief under affliction present or prospective. Roman Catholic theologians distinguish between natural and ecclesiastical fasts. In the former, which are required of those who are about to communicate, there is a total abstinence from all food and drink; the latter imposes certain limits and restrictions as regards both the kind and the quantity of the food.
33. (n) fast
    A time of fasting; the prescribed period or duration of abstinence. The only fast ordained by the Mosaic law was that of the day of atonement; but other fasts were subsequently instituted on account of great national calamities, and special fasts also were appointed on account of special impending peril. In the Roman Catholic Church all baptized persons over twenty-one years of age are required to observe appointed days of fasting, on which, subject to certain exceptions and exemptions, as the requirements of health, they are required not to eat more than one full meal. These days include the forty days of Lent, the ember-days, the Fridays of the four weeks of Advent, and the vigils of Pentecost or Whit-Sunday, of the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul, of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, of All Saints, and of Christmas day. All Fridays not fast-days are days of abstinence.. (See fast-day, 1.) In the Greek Church, in addition to the forty days of Lent, there are three principal fasts, each lasting a week: that of the Holy Spirit, immediately after Pentecost; that of the Virgin, in August; and that of the Nativity. In the Episcopal Church, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are fasts; Lent, the ember-days, the three rogation-days, and all Fridays are only days of abstinence.
34. fast
    Favorable to high speed: said of the condition of a race-track or road, and also, in cricket, of the wicket or playing-ground when it is hard and dry, so that the ball travels fast.
35. (n) fast
    In architecture, a fastening, usually a simple button or bolt to keep a door or window shut: often used in combination, as door-fast, shutter-fast, etc.
36. (n) fast
    The fast of the fifth month, on the ninth day of Ab, the fifth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; on that day, the Talmud relates, it was decreed that the children of Israel should not enter the Promised Land: the destruction of the first and second temples occurred on the same day.
37. (n) fast
    The fast of the tenth month, on the tenth day of Tebeth, the reason for this fast being the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
38. (n) fast
    The fast of Esther, on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, which is the eve of Purim (which see). Besides the above there are numerous other fasts, general, local, and private. For instance, in some localities the Jews fast on the twentieth day of Sivan (about the middle of June), on account of the calamities inflicted upon them in 1648 by the Cossacks under Chmielnicki. The Jews of Frankfort-on-the-Main fast on the nineteenth day of Adar, on account of the atrocities committed upon them at the time of their expulsion from that place in 1614. The orthodox Jews observe no less than twenty-five regular fast-days, besides a score or so of other self-imposed and private fasts, including Jahrzeit, a fast on the anniversary of the death of parents, and the fast of bad dreams, which takes place in order that God may be invoked to ward off the threatening evil. The very pious Jews fast every Friday, so that they may better enjoy the Sabbath feast in the evening, which is considered a meritorious meal.

1. (adj) Fast
   fast firm: fixed: steadfast: fortified
2. (adv) Fast
   firmly, unflinchingly: soundly or sound (asleep): quickly: close, near
3. (adj) Fast
   fast quick: rapid: rash: dissipated
4. (adv) Fast
   swiftly: in rapid succession: extravagantly
5. (v.i) Fast
   fast to keep from food: to go hungry: to abstain from food in whole or part, as a religious duty
6. (n) Fast
   abstinence from food: special abstinence enjoined by the church: the day or time of fasting

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