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fast

adjective
- 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"
Antonyms: slow Similar: accelerated, accelerating, alacritous, blistering, hot, red-hot, double-quick, express, fleet, swift, hastening, high-speed, high-velocity, high-speed, hot, hurrying, scurrying, immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway, instantaneous, instant, meteoric, quick, speedy, rapid, speeding, fast-breaking, fast-paced, rapid, speedy, winged - (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"
Antonyms: slow - at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"
Antonyms: slow Similar: allegro, allegretto, andantino, presto, prestissimo, vivace
noun
- abstaining from food
Synonyms: fasting
adverb
- 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"
- firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
Synonyms: tight
verb
- abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
- abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
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