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fast [a]

1)	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"

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accelerated accelerating alacritous blistering expedited double-quick express fleet hastening high-speed high-speed hot hurrying hurried immediate instant meteoric quick rapid speeding sudden fastness slow fast-breaking fast-paced rapid winged

2)	(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"

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slow

3)	at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"

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allegro allegretto andantino presto prestissimo vivace music slow

4)	(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"

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smooth

5)	firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

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barred bolted latched locked secured

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fastened

6)	resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"

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imperviable

7)	unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

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debauched degenerate degraded dissipated dissolute libertine profligate riotous

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immoral

8)	hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

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flying quick

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hurried

9)	securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

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firm immobile

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fixed

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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"

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firm loyal truehearted

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faithful

fast [r]

1)	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"

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2)	firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

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tight

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fast [n]

1)	abstaining from food

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fasting

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abstinence diet hunger_strike ramadan

fast [v]

1)	abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

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abstain diet

2)	abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

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abstain diet

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Federation Against Software Theft.

2. Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator.

(1996-05-19)

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