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adj

1 acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift

2 accomplished in or lasting a short time
fast work, a fast visit

3 prenominal adapted to or facilitating rapid movement
the fast lane of a motorway

4 requiring rapidity of action or movement
a fast sport

5 (of a clock, etc.) indicating a time in advance of the correct time

6 given to an active dissipated life

7 of or characteristic of such activity
a fast life

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15 (Cricket) (of a bowler) characteristically delivering the ball rapidly

16 Informal glib or unreliable; deceptive
a fast talker

17 Archaic sound; deep
a fast sleep

18 Informal a deceptive or unscrupulous trick (esp. in the phrase pull a fast one)

19 ♦ fast worker a person who achieves results quickly, esp. in seductions
adv

20 quickly; rapidly

21 soundly; deeply
fast asleep

22 firmly; tightly

23 in quick succession

24 in advance of the correct time
my watch is running fast

25 in a reckless or dissipated way

26 ♦ fast by or beside
Archaic close or hard by; very near

27 ♦ play fast and loose
Informal to behave in an insincere or unreliable manner
interj

28 (Archery) (said by the Field Captain to archers) stop shooting!
(Old English fæst strong, tight; related to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr)

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