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fast
Overview of noun fast
The noun fast has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fast, fasting -- (abstaining from food)
Overview of verb fast
The verb fast has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fast -- (abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent")
2. fast -- (abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast")
Overview of adj fast
The adj fast has 10 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (22) fast -- (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")
2. fast -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast")
3. fast -- (at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot")
4. fast -- ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay")
5. barred, bolted, fast, latched, locked, secured -- (firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured")
6. fast -- (resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors")
7. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women")
8. flying, quick, fast -- (hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit")
9. fast, firm, immobile -- (securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car")
10. firm, loyal, truehearted, fast -- (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")
Overview of adv fast
The adv fast has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (17) fast -- (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")
2. (1) fast, tight -- (firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting
=> abstinence
=> self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting
=> diet, dieting
=> hunger strike
=> Ramadan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting
=> abstinence
Antonyms of noun fast
Member Holonyms of noun fast
Substance Holonyms of noun fast
Part Holonyms of noun fast
Member Meronyms of noun fast
Substance Meronyms of noun fast
Part Meronyms of noun fast
Meronyms of noun fast
Holonyms of noun fast
Attributes of noun fast
Derived Forms of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting
RELATED TO>(verb) fast#2
=> fast
RELATED TO>(verb) fast#1
=> fast
Domain of noun fast
Domain Terms of noun fast
Familiarity of noun fast
fast used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting
> abstinence
=> chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention
=> sobriety, temperance
=> teetotaling, teetotalism
=> fast, fasting
=> inhibition, suppression
=> sawm
Meronyms of noun fast
1 sense of fast
Holonyms of noun fast
Grep of noun fast
bed-and-breakfast
bed and breakfast
belfast
breakfast
continental breakfast
dog's breakfast
fast
fast break
fast buck
fast day
fast food
fast lane
fast of ab
fast of av
fast of esther
fast of gedaliah
fast of tammuz
fast of tevet
fast of the firstborn
fast one
fast reactor
fast time scale
fast track
fastball
fastener
fastening
fastidiousness
fasting
fastnacht
fastness
headfast
holdfast
major fast day
minor fast day
power breakfast
Antonyms of verb fast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
Sense 2
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
=> diet
Sense 2
fast
=> diet
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
Sense 2
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
'Cause To' of verb fast
Derived Forms of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
RELATED TO>(noun) fast#1
=> fast, fasting
RELATED TO>(noun) fasting#1
=> fast, fasting
Sense 2
fast
RELATED TO>(noun) fast#1
=> fast, fasting
RELATED TO>(noun) fasting#1
=> fast, fasting
Domain of verb fast
Domain Terms of verb fast
Familiarity of verb fast
fast used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
fast
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
> abstain, refrain, desist
=> fast
=> fast
=> keep off, avoid
=> teetotal
Sense 2
fast
> abstain, refrain, desist
=> fast
=> fast
=> keep off, avoid
=> teetotal
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fast
Sense 1
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
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Sense 2
fast
=> abstain, refrain, desist
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Grep of verb fast
breakfast
fast
fast dye
fasten
fasten on
hold fast
pull a fast one on
stand fast
Antonyms of adj fast
10 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast (vs. slow)
slow (vs. fast)
=> bumper-to-bumper
=> dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
=> dragging
=> drawn-out
=> lazy
=> long-play, long-playing
=> slow-moving
=> sluggish, sulky
Sense 2
fast (vs. slow)
slow (vs. fast)
Sense 3
fast (vs. slow)
slow (vs. fast)
=> adagio
=> andante
=> lento
=> lentissimo
=> largo
=> larghetto
=> larghissimo
=> moderato
Sense 4
fast
INDIRECT (VIA smooth) -> rough, unsmooth
Sense 5
barred, bolted, fast, latched, locked, secured
INDIRECT (VIA fastened) -> unfastened
Sense 6
fast
INDIRECT (VIA impervious) -> pervious
Sense 7
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
INDIRECT (VIA immoral, amoral) -> moral
INDIRECT (VIA moral, immoral) -> amoral, unmoral
Sense 8
flying, quick, fast
INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried
Sense 9
fast, firm, immobile
INDIRECT (VIA fixed) -> unfixed
Sense 10
firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA faithful) -> unfaithful
Similarity of adj fast
10 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast (vs. slow)
=> accelerated
=> accelerating
=> alacritous
=> blistering, hot, red-hot
=> double-quick
=> express
=> fast-breaking
=> fast-paced
=> fleet, swift
=> high-speed, high-velocity
=> hurrying, scurrying
=> immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
=> instantaneous, instant(prenominal)
=> meteoric
=> quick, speedy
=> rapid
=> rapid, speedy
=> smart
=> speeding
=> winged
=> windy
Also See> expedited#1; hurried#1; sudden#1
Sense 2
fast (vs. slow)
Sense 3
fast (vs. slow)
=> allegro
=> allegretto
=> andantino
=> presto
=> prestissimo
=> vivace
Sense 4
fast
=> smooth (vs. rough)
Sense 5
barred, bolted, fast, latched, locked, secured
=> fastened (vs. unfastened)
Sense 6
fast
=> impervious (vs. pervious), imperviable
Sense 7
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
=> immoral (vs. moral)(vs. amoral)
Sense 8
flying, quick, fast
=> hurried (vs. unhurried)
Sense 9
fast, firm, immobile
=> fixed (vs. unfixed)
Sense 10
firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(prenominal)
=> faithful (vs. unfaithful)
Pertainyms of adj fast
Attributes of adj fast
1 of 10 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast (vs. slow)
=> speed, swiftness, fastness
Domain of adj fast
1 of 10 senses of fast
Sense 3
fast (vs. slow)
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of adj fast
Familiarity of adj fast
fast used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Grep of adj fast
acid-fast
bedfast
colorfast
cragfast
fast
fast-breaking
fast-flying
fast-footed
fast-growing
fast-paced
fast asleep
fastened
fastidious
fastigiate
hard-and-fast
steadfast
Antonyms of adv fast
Synonyms of adv fast
2 senses of fast
Sense 1
fast
Sense 2
fast, tight
Pertainyms of adv fast
Domain of adv fast
Domain Terms of adv fast
Familiarity of adv fast
fast used as an adverb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adv fast
fast
faster
fastest
fastidiously
very fast
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