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12 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, a. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep observe, fast and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. --Milton. 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. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. --2 Sam. xii. 21. {Fasting day}, a fast day a day of fasting. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, adv [OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS f[ae]ste. See {Fast}, a.] 1. In a fast fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast --Judg. xv 13. 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as to run fast to live fast {Fast by}, or {Fast beside}, close or near to near at hand. He after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by --Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, n. [OE. faste, fast cf AS f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See {Fast}, v. i.] 1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast --Shak. 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 {Fast day}, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. {To break one's fast}, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS f?st; akin to OS fast D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw & Dan. fast and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use Cf {Fast}, adv., {Fast}, v., {Avast}.] 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved immovable; as to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast --Burke. 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser. 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. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon. 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. --Thackeray. {Fast and loose}, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. ``Play fast and loose with faith.'' --Shak. {Fast and loose pulleys} (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re["e]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it and vice versa. {Hard and fast} (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. {To make fast} (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fast \Fast\, n. [OF. fust, F. f?t, fr L. fustis stick staff.] (Arch.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster. --Gwilt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fast adj 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" [ant: {slow}] 2: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast" [ant: {slow}] 3: (music) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" [ant: {slow}] 4: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" 5: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured" [syn: {barred}, {bolted}, {latched}, {locked}, {secured}] 6: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {debauched}, {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {dissolute}, {libertine}, {profligate}, {riotous}] 7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: {flying}, {quick}] 8: securely fixed in place "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" [syn: {firm}, {immobile}] 9: (used of persons) dependable in devotion or allegiance or affection; "a faithful old dog"; "a faithful friend"; "fast friends"; "a loyal companion"; "she proved a true friend"; "a lover absolutely true in act and word and thought"- H.O.Taylor [syn: {faithful}, {fast(a)}, {loyal}, {true}] 10: permanently dyed; "fast colors"; "colorfast fabrics" [syn: {colorfast}] n : abstaining from food [syn: {fasting}] adv 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" 2: firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: {tight}] v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" 2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: FAST 1. {Federation Against Software Theft}. 2.{Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator}. (1996-05-19) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Fast The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called "the fast" (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old Testament is in Zech. 7:1-7; 8:19, from which it appears that during their captivity the Jews observed four annual fasts. (1.) The fast of the fourth month, kept on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, the anniversary of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans to commemorate also the incident recorded Ex 32:19. (Comp. Jer. 52:6, 7.) (2.) The fast of the fifth month, kept on the ninth of Ab (comp. Num. 14:27), to commemorate the burning of the city and temple (Jer. 52:12, 13). (3.) The fast of the seventh month, kept on the third of Tisri (comp. 2 Kings 25), the anniversary of the murder of Gedaliah (Jer. 41:1, 2). (4.) The fast of the tenth month (comp. Jer. 52:4; Ezek. 33:21; 2 Kings 25:1), to commemorate the beginning of the siege of the holy city by Nebuchadnezzar. There was in addition to these the fast appointed by Esther (4:16). Public national fasts on account of sin or to supplicate divine favour were sometimes held. (1.) 1 Sam. 7:6; (2.) 2 Chr. 20:3; (3.) Jer. 36:6-10; (4.) Neh. 9:1. There were also local fasts. (1.) Judg. 20:26; (2.) 2 Sam. 1:12; (3.) 1 Sam. 31:13; (4.) 1 Kings 21:9-12; (5.) Ezra 8:21-23: (6.) Jonah 3:5-9. There are many instances of private occasional fasting (1 Sam. 1:7: 20:34; 2 Sam. 3:35; 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Ezra 10:6; Neh. 1:4; Dan. 10:2,3). Moses fasted forty days (Ex. 24:18; 34:28), and so also did Elijah (1 Kings 19:8). Our Lord fasted forty days in the wilderness (Matt. 4:2). In the lapse of time the practice of fasting was lamentably abused (Isa. 58:4; Jer. 14:12; Zech. 7:5). Our Lord rebuked the Pharisees for their hypocritical pretences in fasting (Matt. 6:16). He himself appointed no fast The early Christians, however, observed the ordinary fasts according to the law of their fathers (Acts 13:3; 14:23; 2 Cor. 6:5). From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: FAST First Application System Test From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: FAST Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software-Technologie [e.v.] (org.)
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