French Meaning of fast

rapide

Other French words related to rapide

Definitions and Meaning of fast in English

Wordnet

fast (n)

abstaining from food

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fast (v)

abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

abstain from eating

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fast (a)

acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

at a rapid tempo

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fast (s)

(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

resistant to destruction or fading

unrestrained by convention or morality

hurried and brief

securely fixed in place

unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

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fast (r)

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

firmly or closely

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fast (v. i.)

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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.

Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

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fast (v.)

Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Tenacious; retentive.

Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

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fast (a.)

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.

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fast (n.)

That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

FAQs About the word fast

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