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

abstaining from food

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"

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

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"

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

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

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"

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

resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"

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

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

abstaining from food

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"

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

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"

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

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

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

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"

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.

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.

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.

The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

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.

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.

To abstain from food, either from necessity, or as a religious rite.

The doing without food as a religious duty.

Quick; speedy in motion; in advance of the standard: said of a timepiece; firm; close; faithful; gay.

Rapidly, firmly.

Firm; fixed; steadfast.

Firmly; soundly or sound (asleep).

Quick; rash; dissipated.

Swiftly; in rapid succession; extravagantly.

To keep from food; to go hungry; to abstain from food in whole or part, as a religious duty.

Abstinence from food; special abstinence enjoined by the church; the day of fasting.

Abstinence from food; day of fasting.

Firm; fixed; rapid; quick.

Firmly; swiftly.

To abstain from food.

Swift; speedy.

To abstain from food.

Swift; speedy.

Firmly; securely; soundly.

Ahead of the standard, as a timepiece.

Dissipated; dissolute.

Rapidly; swiftly.

Abstinence from food, or a period prescribed for it.

Firm; strong; firmly fixed; close; sound, as sleep; firm in adherence.

Swift; quick; dissipated; dissolute; said of a young lady aping the manners of young men.

Firmly. Fast by, or fast beside, close or near to. Fast and loose, slippery in dealing and unreliable.

Swiftly; with quick steps or progression.

That which fastens or holds; the rope which fastens a vessel to a wharf, &c.

Abstinence from food, especially on religious grounds; the time of fasting.

To abstain from food; to abstain from food on religious grounds as a means of mortifying desire, &c.

Close; immovable; firmly fixed; without leaving an interval, as, to follow fast; rapid in motion; extravagant; dissipated; wild.

With quick steps; rapidly.

To abstain from food beyond the usual time.

The abstaining from food for a certain time, or from particular kinds of food, as flesh; a religious mortification or humiliation by abstaining from food; the time of abstaining from food.

Resistant to staining or toxic agents; said of bacteria or certain immunizing substances.

adv. Firmly; immovably; steadfastly;—quickly; swiftly; rapidly;—closely; nearly;—frequently.

n. Abstinence from food;—voluntary abstinence from food, as a religious mortification or humiliation;—a time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer period.

n. That which fastens or holds; a rope which fastens a vessel to a wharf.

To abstain from food; to mortify the body by religious abstinence.

Abstinence from food; religious mortification by abstinence.

Firm, immoveable; firm in adherence; speedy, quick, swift; Fast and loose, uncertain, variable, inconstant.

Firmly, immoveably; closely, nearly; swiftly, nimbly; frequently.