Fast

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See also -fast, fást, and fäst

English

Most common English words: spent « soldiers « speech « #878: fast » middle » effort » race

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: fäst, IPA: /fɑːst/, SAMPA: /fA:st/

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  Rhymes: -ɑːst

• (British, US) enPR: făst, IPA: /fæst/, SAMPA: /f{st/

  Rhymes: -æst

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Etymology 1

Old English fæstan (verb), from Proto-Germanic *fastējan. Cognate with Dutch vasten, German fasten, Old Norse fasta, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽. The noun is probably from Old Norse fasta.

Verb

Infinitive to Fast

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Fast (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) To abstain from or eat very little food; to abstain from food for religious reasons.
   • 2007, John Zerzan, Silence, p. 3,

     It is at the core of the Vision Quest, the solitary period of fasting and closeness to the earth to discover one's life path and purpose.

Translations

to abstain from or eat very little food

Arabic: صام ar(ar) (ṣāma) Armenian: պաս պահել hy(hy) (pas pahel) Basque: barau egin eu(eu) Catalan: dejunar ca(ca) Chinese: See Mandarin Czech: postit cs(cs) se Danish: faste da(da) Dutch: vasten nl(nl) Esperanto: fasti eo(eo) Finnish: paastota fi(fi) French: jeûner fr(fr) Georgian: მარხულობა ka(ka) (marxuloba), მარხვის შენახვა ka(ka) (marxvis šenaxva) German: fasten de(de) Greek: νηστεύω el(el) (nistévo) Hebrew: צָם he(he) (tsam) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: böjtöl hu(hu) Icelandic: fasta is(is) Italian: digiunare it(it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: rojî girtin, ڕۆژووگرتن Latin: iēiūnō la(la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: пости mk(mk) (pósti) Malay: puasa ms(ms) Maltese: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: trad. 齋戒, simpl. 斋戒 (zhāijiè) Norwegian: faste no(no) Polish: pościć Portuguese: ficar de jejum, jejuar pt(pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: поститься ru(ru) (postít’s’a) (impf.), попоститься ru(ru) (popostít’s’a) REDIRECT Template:pf. Slovene: postiti se Spanish: ayunar es(es) Swahili: funga sw(sw) Swedish: fasta sv(sv) Tamazight: [[użum#Template:Tmz|użum]] tmz(tmz) Thai: อดอาหาร (òt aahăan) Turkish: oruç tutmak tr(tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

Singular Fast

Plural {{{1}}}

Fast ({{{1}}})

1. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
2. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
   • Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.

Synonyms

• (act or practice): fasting

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun “fast”

break one's fast

breakfast

fast day

Translations

act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food

Arabic: صيام ar(ar) (ṣiyām) Armenian: պաս (pas), ծոմ (çom), պահք hy(hy) (pahk’) Basque: barau eu(eu) Catalan: dejuni ca(ca) m. Chinese: See Mandarin Czech: půst cs(cs) m. Danish: faste da(da) c. Finnish: paasto, paastoaminen Georgian: მარხვა ka(ka) (marxva) German: Fasten de(de) n. Greek: νηστεία el(el) (nistía) f. Hebrew: צום (tzom) m., תענית (ta'anit) f. Hungarian: böjtölés hu(hu) Icelandic: fasta is(is) f. Italian: digiuno it(it) m. Japanese: 断食 (danjiki), 絶食 ja(ja)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: rojî f. Sorani: ڕۆژوو ku(ku) (rrojû) Latin: iēiūnium la(la) n. Macedonian: пост mk(mk) (post) m. Malay: puasa ms(ms) Mandarin: trad. 齋戒, simpl. 斋戒 (zhāijiè) Norwegian: faste no(no) m. Polish: post pl(pl) m. Russian: пост ru(ru) (post) m. Scottish Gaelic: trasg gd(gd) f. Slovene: post sl(sl) m. Spanish: ayuno es(es) m. Swahili: funga sw(sw) Swedish: fasta sv(sv) c. Turkish: oruç tr(tr)

period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: صيام ar(ar) (ṣiyām) Armenian: պաս (pas), ծոմ (çom), պահք hy(hy) (pahk’) Basque: baraualdi eu(eu) Catalan: dia dejunat ca(ca) Chinese: See Mandarin Croatian: please add this translation if you can Czech: půst cs(cs) m. Danish: faste da(da) c. Dutch: vasten nl(nl) m. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: paasto fi(fi) French: jeûne fr(fr) m. Georgian: მარხვა ka(ka) (marxva) German: Fastenzeit de(de) f. Greek: νηστεία el(el) (nistía) f. Hebrew: צוֹם he(he) (tsom) m., תַּעֲנִית he(he) (taanit) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: böjt hu(hu) Icelandic: fasta is(is) f. Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: troscadh ga(ga) m. Italian: digiuno it(it) m. Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can

Kurdish: rojî f., ڕۆژوو Latin: iēiūnium la(la) n. Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: пост mk(mk) (post) m. Mandarin: trad. 齋戒期, simpl. 斋戒期 (zhāijiè qí) Mongolian: харуу mn(mn) (haruu) Norwegian: faste no(no) m. Persian: روزه fa(fa) Polish: post pl(pl) m. Portuguese: jejum pt(pt) m. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: пост ru(ru) (post) m. Scottish Gaelic: trasg gd(gd) f. Serbian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: post sl(sl) m. Spanish: ayuno es(es) m., vigilia es(es) f. Swahili: funga sw(sw) Swedish: fastetid sv(sv) c. Thai: การอด (kaan òt) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: ympryd cy(cy) m.

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Esperanto: fasto Malay: puasa

Etymology 2

Old English fæst (adj), fæste (adv), from Proto-Germanic *fastu-, from Proto-Indo-European *pasto- (“‘solid’”).

Cognate via Germanic with Dutch vast, German fest, Icelandic (and Faroese) fastur, Norwegian fast, and Swedish fast. Cognate via PIE with Armenian [[հաստ#Template:Hy|հաստ]] (hast), “‘thick’”) and Sanskrit पस्त्य (pastyá).

The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure” is now archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“‘make secure’”).

Adjective

Fast (comparative faster, superlative fastest)

Positive Fast

Comparative faster

Superlative fastest

1. (archaic) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. Template:Defdate

   That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!

2. Of people: steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".) Template:Defdate
3. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. Template:Defdate

   I am going to buy a fast car.

4. (obsolete) Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). Template:Defdate
5. Of dyes or colours: not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. Template:Defdate

   All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.

6. (colloquial) Having an extravagent lifestyle or immoral habits. Template:Defdate

   She's fast – she slept with him on their first date..

7. Ahead of the correct time or schedule. Template:Defdate

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

8. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. Template:Defdate

Synonyms

• (occurring or happening within a short time): quick, rapid, speedy, swift
• (capable of moving with great speed): quick, rapid, speedy
• (ahead of the correct time or schedule): ahead
• (rapidly consents to sexual activity): easy, slut
• (firmly or securely fixed in place): firm, immobile, secure, stable, stuck, tight
• (of a dye: not running or fading): colour-fast
• (of sleep: deep or sound): deep, sound

Antonyms

• (occurring or happening within a short time): slow
• (ahead of the correct time or schedule): slow, behind
• (firmly or securely fixed in place): loose
• (of sleep: deep or sound): light

Derived terms

(bound, secured):

• bedfast
• chairfast
• fasten

(rapid):

• fast food
• fast-forward

Translations

firmly or securely fixed in place

Basque: tinko eu(eu), irmo eu(eu), finko eu(eu) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 牢的, simpl. 牢的 (láode) Danish: fast da(da) Dutch: vast nl(nl) Finnish: kiinni fi(fi) German: fest de(de) Greek: στερεός el(el) (stereós) m. Icelandic: fastur is(is)

Italian: fisso it(it) Japanese: しっかりした ja(ja) (shikkari shita) Kurdish: Kurmanji: zeft, sabit Macedonian: цврст mk(mk) (cv'rst) m., отпорен mk(mk) (ótporen) m., силен mk(mk) (sílen) m. Norwegian: fast no(no) Portuguese: firme pt(pt), seguro pt(pt) Russian: прочный ru(ru) (próčnyj), крепкий ru(ru) (kr'épkij) Swedish: fast sv(sv), fäst sv(sv)

of sleep: deep or sound

Danish: dyb da(da) Finnish: sikeä fi(fi), syvä fi(fi) German: tief de(de) Greek: βαθύς el(el) (vathís) m. Icelandic: fastur is(is) Italian: profondo it(it)

Kurdish: (xewa) giran Macedonian: цврст mk(mk) (cv'rst) m. Norwegian: dyp no(no) Russian: крепкий ru(ru) (kr'épkij) Swedish: djup sv(sv)

of a dye: not running or fading

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 不褪色的, simpl. 不褪色的 (bútuìsède) Danish: farvefast da(da) German: farbecht de(de) Italian: resistente it(it)

Macedonian: постојан mk(mk) (póstojan) m. Norwegian: fargeekte no(no) Russian: прочный ru(ru) (próčnyj) Swahili: haraka sw(sw) Swedish: färgäkta sv(sv)

capable of moving with great speed

Arabic: سَريع ar(ar) (sarii3) Armenian: արագ hy(hy) (arag) Basque: azkar eu(eu) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 快的, simpl. 快的 (kuàide) Czech: rychlý cs(cs) m. Danish: hurtig da(da) Dutch: snel, vlug, rap, kwiek, gezwind Esperanto: rapida eo(eo) Finnish: nopea fi(fi) French: rapide fr(fr) German: schnell de(de), geschwind de(de) Greek: γρήγορος el(el) (grígoros) m., ταχύς el(el) (takhís) m. Icelandic: hraður is(is), hraðskreiður is(is) Irish: luath ga(ga) Italian: veloce it(it), rapido it(it), rapida it(it) Japanese: 速い ja(ja), はやい ja(ja) (hayai)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: lezgîn, zû, bilez Sorani: خێرا ku(ku) (xêra) Latin: celer la(la) Macedonian: брз mk(mk) (brz) m. Malay: laju ms(ms) Norwegian: rask no(no), kjapp no(no) Portuguese: rápido pt(pt) m., rápida pt(pt) f. Romanian: rapid ro(ro), iute ro(ro), grăbit ro(ro), repede ro(ro) Russian: быстрый ru(ru) (býstryj), скорый ru(ru) (skóryj), скоростной ru(ru) (skorostnój) Scottish Gaelic: luath gd(gd) Slovene: hiter m., hitra f., hitro n. Spanish: rápido es(es) Swahili: haraka sw(sw) Swedish: snabb sv(sv), kvick sv(sv) Tok Pisin: kwik Turkish: hızlı tr(tr)

ahead of the correct time or schedule

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 偏快的, simpl. 偏快的 (piānkuàide) Danish: foran da(da) Greek: μπροστά el(el) (brostá) Icelandic: fljótur is(is) Italian: avanti it(it) Japanese: 早い (hayai)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: zû Sorani: زوو ku(ku) (zû) Norwegian: før no(no) Portuguese: adiantado m., adiantada f. Russian: спешащий ru(ru) (sp'ešáš'ij), обгоняющий ru(ru) (obgon'ájuš'ij) Swedish: före sv(sv)

of photographic film: more sensitive to light than average

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 迅速曝光的, simpl. 迅速曝光的 (xùnsùpù guāngde) Danish: hurtig da(da) Finnish: nopea fi(fi)

Norwegian: rask no(no) Swahili: haraka sw(sw) Swedish: snabb sv(sv)

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Polish: szybki m., szybka f., szybkie n.

Adverb

Fast (comparative faster, superlative fastest)

Positive Fast

Comparative faster

Superlative fastest

1. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved. Template:Defdate

   Hold this rope as fast as you can.

2. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly. Template:Defdate

   He is fast asleep.

3. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near. Template:Defdate

   The horsemen came fast on our heels.

4. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time. Template:Defdate

   Do it as fast as you can.

5. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

   I think my watch is running fast.

Synonyms

• (quickly): quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly
• (in a firm or secure manner): firmly, securely, tightly
• (of sleeping: deeply or soundly): deeply
• (ahead of the correct time or schedule): ahead

Antonyms

• (quickly): slowly
• (in a firm or secure manner): loosely
• (of sleeping: deeply or soundly): lightly
• (ahead of the correct time or schedule): behind

Translations

in a firm or secure manner

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 牢固地, simpl. 牢固地 (laógùdi) Danish: fast da(da) Finnish: lujasti, tiukasti German: fest de(de) Icelandic: fast is(is)

Italian: saldamente it(it) Japanese: しっかりと ja(ja) (shikkari to) Macedonian: цврсто mk(mk) (cv'rsto) Russian: прочно ru(ru) (próčno), крепко ru(ru) (krépko) Swedish: fast sv(sv)

of sleeping: deeply or soundly

Danish: dybt da(da) Finnish: sikeästi fi(fi) German: tief de(de) Icelandic: fast is(is) Italian: profondamente it(it)

Macedonian: цврсто mk(mk) (cv'rsto) Norwegian: dypt no(no) Russian: крепко ru(ru) (krépko) Swedish: djupt sv(sv)

with great speed

Basque: azkar eu(eu), agudo eu(eu) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 快速, simpl. 快速 (kuàisù) Dutch: snel nl(nl), vlug nl(nl) Esperanto: rapide eo(eo) Finnish: nopeasti fi(fi), pikaisesti fi(fi) French: rapidement fr(fr) German: schnell de(de) Greek: γρήγορα el(el) (grígora) Icelandic: hratt is(is) Italian: rapidamente it(it), velocemente it(it)

Japanese: 速く (hayaku), 急いで (isoide) Kurdish: zû, زو Macedonian: брзо mk(mk) (b'rzo) Portuguese: rapidamente pt(pt) Romanian: repede ro(ro) Russian: быстро ru(ru) (býstro) Slovene: hitro sl(sl) Spanish: rapidamente es(es) Swedish: fort sv(sv), kvickt sv(sv), snabbt sv(sv) Tok Pisin: kwik Turkish: hızlı tr(tr)

ahead of the correct time or schedule

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 快於標準時間, simpl. 快于标准时间 (kuàiyúbiāozhǔnshíjiān) Danish: foran da(da) Finnish: etuajassa fi(fi) Italian: in anticipo

Kurdish: زو Macedonian: предвремен mk(mk) (pédvremen) m. Russian: преждевременно ru(ru) Swahili: haraka sw(sw) Swedish: före sv(sv)

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Polish: szybko

Noun

Singular Fast

Plural {{{1}}}

Fast ({{{1}}})

1. (British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): express

Antonyms

• (rail transport): local, stopper

Translations

train that only calls at some stations — see express

Interjection

Fast

1. Template:Archery Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.

Antonyms

• (archery): loose

Translations

archery: stop shooting

Anagrams

• afst,
• fats
• SAFT
• TAFs

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastu-, from Proto-Indo-European *pasto- (“‘solid, stable, hard, thick’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fast/, [fasd̥]

Adjective

Fast (neuter fast, definite and plural faste)

1. firm
2. solid
3. tight
4. fixed
5. permanent
6. regular

Derived terms

• fastansat (adjective)
• fasthed c.
• fastlægge (verb)
• fastsætte (verb)

Etymology 2

From German fast (“‘almost, nearly’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fast/, [fasd̥]

Adverb

Fast

1. (dated) almost, nearly

Synonyms

• næsten
• omtrent

Etymology 3

See faste (“‘to fast’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faːst/, [fæːˀsd̥]

Verb

Fast

1. Imperative of faste.

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German

Etymology

Old High German fasto, compare fest. Cognate with English adverb fast.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fast/

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Adverb

Fast

1. almost; nearly

   Fast 60 Spielfilme sind zu sehen. — “There are almost 60 feature films to see.”

2. (in a negative clause) hardly

Synonyms

• (almost, nearly): beinahe

Antonyms

• (almost, nearly): ganz

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Norwegian

Adjective

Fast

1. solid, steady,firm

   fast telefon - fixed phone

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Swedish

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Adjective

Template:Sv-adj-reg Fast

1. caught (unable to move freely), captured

   Bankrånaren är nu fast = The bank robber has now been caught (by the police)

2. Firm; fastened; unmoving

   Ge mig en fast punkt, och jag skall flytta världen = Give me one firm spot, and I'll move the world

Related terms

• fastna
• fäst
• fästa
• fäste

Conjunction

Fast

1. although, even though

Related terms

• fastän
• fast å andra sidan

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