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faster definition
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Overview of adj fast The adj fast has 10 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (22) fast -- (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") 2. fast -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast") 3. fast -- ((music) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot") 4. fast -- ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay") 5. barred, bolted, fast latched, locked, secured -- (firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured") 6. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women") 7. flying, quick, fast -- (hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit") 8. fast firm, immobile -- (securely fixed in place "the post was still firm after being hit by the car") 9. firm, loyal, truehearted, 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") 10. fast colorfast -- (permanently dyed; "fast colors"; "colorfast fabrics") Overview of adv faster The adv faster has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) quicker, faster -- (more quickly) Antonyms of adj fast 10 senses of fast Sense 1 fast (vs. slow) slow (vs. fast) => bumper-to-bumper, crawling => dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey => dragging => drawling, drawn-out => lazy => long-play, long-playing => slow-moving => sluggish Sense 2 fast (vs. slow) slow (vs. fast) Sense 3 fast (vs. slow) slow (vs. fast) => adagio => andante => lento => lentissimo => largo => larghetto => larghissimo => moderato Sense 4 fast INDIRECT (VIA smooth) -> rough, unsmooth Sense 5 barred, bolted, fast latched, locked, secured INDIRECT (VIA fastened) -> unfastened Sense 6 debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast INDIRECT (VIA immoral, amoral) -> moral INDIRECT (VIA moral, immoral) -> amoral, unmoral Sense 7 flying, quick, fast INDIRECT (VIA hurried) -> unhurried Sense 8 fast firm, immobile INDIRECT (VIA fixed) -> unfixed Sense 9 firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA faithful) -> unfaithful Sense 10 fast colorfast INDIRECT (VIA dyed) -> undyed, untinted Similarity of adj fast 10 senses of fast Sense 1 fast (vs. slow) => accelerated => accelerating => alacritous => blistering, hot, red-hot => double-quick => express => fleet, swift => hastening => high-speed, high-velocity => high-speed => hot => hurrying, scurrying => immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway => instantaneous, instant(postnominal) => meteoric => quick, speedy => rapid => speeding => rapid, speedy => winged Also See-> expedited#1; hurried#1; sudden#1 Sense 2 fast (vs. slow) Sense 3 fast (vs. slow) => allegro => allegretto => andantino => presto => prestissimo => vivace Sense 4 fast => smooth (vs. rough) Sense 5 barred, bolted, fast latched, locked, secured => fastened (vs. unfastened) Sense 6 debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast => immoral (vs. moral) (vs. amoral) Sense 7 flying, quick, fast => hurried (vs. unhurried) Sense 8 fast firm, immobile => fixed (vs. unfixed) Sense 9 firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(postnominal) => faithful (vs. unfaithful) Sense 10 fast colorfast => dyed (vs. undyed), tinted Attributes of adj fast 1 of 10 senses of fast Sense 1 fast (vs. slow) => speed, swiftness, fastness Familiarity of adj fast fast used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 10) Grep of adj fast acid-fast bedfast colorfast fast fast-flying fast-growing fast asleep fastened fastidious fastigiate hard-and-fast steadfast Overview of adj fast The adj fast has 10 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (22) fast -- (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") 2. fast -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast") 3. fast -- ((music) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot") 4. fast -- ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay") 5. barred, bolted, fast latched, locked, secured -- (firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured") 6. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women") 7. flying, quick, fast -- (hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit") 8. fast firm, immobile -- (securely fixed in place "the post was still firm after being hit by the car") 9. firm, loyal, truehearted, 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") 10. fast colorfast -- (permanently dyed; "fast colors"; "colorfast fabrics") Overview of adv faster The adv faster has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) quicker, faster -- (more quickly)
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