FAST — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
fast
Abstaining from food.
Abstain from eating.
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- Before the medical exam, you must fast.
Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons.
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- Catholics sometimes fast during Lent.
Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
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- Fast film.
- On the fast track in school.
- Set a fast pace.
- A fast car.
At a rapid tempo.
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- The band played a fast fox trot.
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time.
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- My watch is fast.
Securely fixed in place.
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- The post was still firm after being hit by the car.
Hurried and brief.
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- Paid a flying visit.
- Took a flying glance at the book.
- A quick inspection.
- A fast visit.
Unrestrained by convention or morality.
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- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society.
- Deplorably dissipated and degraded.
- Riotous living.
- Fast women.
Resistant to destruction or fading.
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- Fast colors.
Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
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- Windows and doors were all fast.
- A locked closet.
- Left the house properly secured.
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds.
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- A fast road.
- Grass courts are faster than clay.
Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form).
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- 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.
Firmly or tightly.
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- Held fast to the rope.
- Her foot was stuck fast.
- Held tight.
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