Meaning of fast | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
   dated
2. An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: frequently discussed, ambitious, specific, transparent.
   abbreviation, acronym, mnemonic, not-comparable
3. rapid, quick, fast
4. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
5. A friend who is firm in loyalty: became fast friends after only knowing each other a few months.
6. rapidly, quickly, fast
7. Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
8. pull a fast one, to engage in unexpectedly unfair or deceitful behavior to achieve one's goal.
9. rapid (part of a river)
10. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; light.
11. a chain or rope for mooring a vessel.
12. express train
13. Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
14. In a rapid way:apace, posthaste, quick, quickly.
15. Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
16. quickly. She speaks so fast I can't understand her. vinnig بِسُرْعَه бързо depressa rychle schnell hurtigt γρήγοραdeprisa kiiresti به تندی nopeasti viteמהר व्रत रखना brzo gyorsan cepat hratt veloce; in fretta* 速く 빨리 greitai ātri dengan cepat snelraskt, fortszybko په تیزی depressa repede быстро chytro, rýchlo hitro brzo snabbt, fort อย่างรวดเร็ว hızlı, çabuk, süratli 快 швидко تیزی سے vững vàng; chắc chắn 快
17. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
18. vinnigheid, snelheid سُرْعَه бързина pressa/rapidez rychlost die Schnelligkeit, die Haltbarkeit hurtighed γρηγοράδαrapidez kiirus تندی؛ شتاب nopeus rapiditéיציבות किला, दुर्ग cvrstoca, jakost; uporište szilárdság, gyorsaság kecepatan hraði velocità, rapidità 素速さ 빠름 greitumas ātrums kecepatan snelheidraskhetszybkość كلا، كوټ، حصار، چټكى، استحكام، ثبات pressa/rapidez rapiditate быстрота rýchlosť hitrost brzina snabbhet ความเร็ว hızlılık, çabukluk 快速 швидкість تیزی tính chất chắc chắn, bền 快速
19. Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
20. food that can be quickly prepared, eg hamburgers etc. kitskos طَعام سَريع полуготова храна comida rápida rychlé občerstvení das Fast-Food fast food; grillmad πρόχειρο φαγητό comida rápida kiirsöök غذای حاضری pikaruoka prêt-à-manger, aliments prêts à manger מָזוֹן מָהִיר फास्ट फुड brza hrana, “fast food” gyorsétel siap dimakan skyndibiti, skyndibitamatur cibo precotto, cibo di rapida cottura ファーストフード 패스트 푸드 greitas maistas ēdiens ātrās ēdināšanas restorānos makanan segera snack pose-/boksemat;...
    eg
21. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
22. to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons. Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan. vas يَصوم постя jejuar postit se fasten faste νηστεύωayunar paastuma روزه گرفتن paastota jeûner לַצוּם उपवास करना postiti böjtöl berpuasa fasta digiunare 断食する 단식하다 pasninkauti, badauti gavēt puasa vastenfastepościć روژه نیول jejuar a posti поститься postiť sa postiti se postiti fasta จำกัดอาหาร oruç tutmak 禁食 постити; не їсти روزہ رکھنا ăn chay; nhịn đói 禁食
    especially
23. Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
24. a time or act of fasting. She has just finished two days' fast. vas, vastyd صِيام пост(и) jejum půst, postění das Fasten faste νηστείαayuno paast روزه paasto jeûneצום उपवासी post (vrijeme i čin posta) böjt puasa fasta digiuno 断食 단식 pasninkas, badas gavēnis berpuasa vastenfastepost روژه jejum post пост pôst post post fasta ช่วงเวลาอดอาหาร oruç 禁食期 піст روزہ رکھنے کا عمل thời kỳ nhịn ăn, ăn chay, ăn kiêng 禁食期
25. Tenacious; retentive.
    obsolete
26. vas, sonder kos gaan صِيام постене jejum půst das Fasten faste νηστείαayuno paastumine روزه داری paasto jeûneצום उपवास रहना post böjt(ölés) puasa fasta digiuno 断食 단식 pasninkavimas, badavimas gavēšana puasa vastenfasting poszczenie روژه لرل jejum post пост pôst post post fastande การจำกัดอาหาร; การอดอาหาร oruç tutma 禁食 піст روزہ ăn chay; nhịn đói 禁食
27. Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
    dated
28. Uncharacteristically mature or promiscuous for one's age.
    dated, offensive, vernacular
29. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
30. More sensitive to light than average.

Equivalents

Examples

“That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!”

“out-lawes […] lurking in woods and fast places”

“I still hear you sayin', "Dear one, hold me fast"”

“I am going to buy a fast car.”

“Plutonium-240 has a much higher fission cross-section for fast neutrons than for thermal neutrons.”

“Sydney is a fast city, and the pace is becoming increasingly more frantic.”

“a fast racket, or tennis court”

“a fast track”

“a fast billiard table”

“a fast dance floor”

“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.”

“Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon’t, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep.”

“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.”

“Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.”

“a fast woman”

“[…] we remember once hearing a fast man suggest that they were evidently "nobs who had overdrawn the badger by driving fast cattle, and going it high" — the exact signification of which words we did not understand […]”

“Had Senator Wilson won the unenviable reputation of being a fast man—a lover of wine, or had he shown himself to the public in a state of inebriety, unable to stand erect in Fanueil Hall for instance, leaning upon the desk to “maintain the center of gravity,” and uttering words that fell sprawling in “muddy obscurity” from lips redolent of rum, rendering it necessary for a prompter and an interpreter to sculpture his speech into symmetry for the public ear and the public press, he would have been pelted from his high office with the indignant ballots of his constituents.”

““I don’t like that young woman,” said Lady Hermione; she’s fast.” “Dear Lady!” “I’ve no doubt you think me old-fashioned. Well, I’m glad I am. I say she’s fast, and what’s more, heartless. I was watching her before supper, and I’m sorry for Tony Lee. She’s been flirting as hard as she can go with Harry Vibart-not to give it a worse name-and she’s got Jim Playfair on a string too. She can’t even leave Frank Bellingham alone, though she’s staying in his house.””

“You're alone with her at last / And you're waiting 'til you think the time is right / Cause you've heard she's pretty fast / And you're hoping that she'll give you some tonight.”

“[…] if she is of the slightly faster kind that gives smart lunch parties at the Strand Corner House, her diet is sometimes a little stronger; she takes to novels of the orchid house and the tiger's lair, to the artless erotics of Miss Elinor Glyn, Mr Hubert Wales, and Miss Victoria Cross.”

“There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.”

“What’s more, FAST goals work well across a wide range of industries. Technology companies such as Google, Intuit, and Netflix use an approach called objectives and key results (OKRs) to put these principles into action. FAST goals are also used in companies in more traditional industries, including AB InBev, Burger King, and Kraft Heinz.”

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