fast

fast is a 4-letter English word with 32 senses as intransitive verb, verb, adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 32 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
4. intransitive verb. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
5. intransitive verb. 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.
6. verb. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.
7. verb. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
8. verb. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
9. verb. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
10. verb. Tenacious; retentive.
11. verb. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
12. verb. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
13. verb. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
14. adjective. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.
15. adjective. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
16. noun. 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.
17. noun. The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.
18. noun. abstaining from food

    Synonyms: fasting

19. verb. abstain from eating

    "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

20. verb. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

    "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

21. adjective. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

    "a fast lens"

22. adjective. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison

    "a firm ally"

    "loyal supporters"

    Synonyms: firm, loyal, truehearted

23. adjective. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

    "fast film"

    "on the fast track in school"

24. adjective. at a rapid tempo

    "the band played a fast fox trot"

25. adjective. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

    "my watch is fast"

26. adjective. securely fixed in place

    "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

    Synonyms: firm, immobile

27. adjective. hurried and brief

    "paid a flying visit"

    "took a flying glance at the book"

    Synonyms: flying, quick

28. adjective. unrestrained by convention or morality

    "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"

    "deplorably dissipated and degraded"

    Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous

29. adjective. resistant to destruction or fading

    "fast colors"

30. adjective. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

    "a fast road"

    "grass courts are faster than clay"

31. adverb. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

    "how fast can he get here?"

    "ran as fast as he could"

32. adverb. firmly or closely

    "held fast to the rope"

    "her foot was stuck fast"

    Synonyms: tight

Synonyms

fasting, firm, loyal, truehearted, immobile, flying, quick, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, tight

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fast:

fats, saft

Common word forms

fasts, fasted, fasten, faster, fastly, fastest, fasting, fastness

Words from these letters

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