Fast
Definition of Fast
| v. i. | 1. | To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. | | 2. | 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.| Fasting day | | a fast day; a day of fasting. |
| | n. | 1. | Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. | | 2. | Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation. | | 3. | 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. | | a. | 1. | Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. | | 2. | Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. | | 3. | Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. | | 4. | Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. | | 5. | Tenacious; retentive. | | 6. | Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.All this while in a most fast sleep. - Shak. | | 7. | Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. | | 8. | Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. | | 9. | 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. | | adv. | 1. | In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. | | 2. | In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. | | n. | 1. | (Naut.) 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. |
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