noun Download 🔗Share A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations Examples : "The fast train to town only stops at the main station, not the smaller ones. " vehicle essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. Examples : "That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!" structure technical physics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Examples : "The castle walls were fast, making it nearly impossible to breach. " military architecture building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) Examples : "My fast friend, Sarah, always supports me through thick and thin. " character person human family attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. Examples : "I am going to buy a fast car." ability physics nature time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Causing unusual rapidity of play or action. Examples : "a fast billiard table" sport game time action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time. Examples : "The new computer's hard drive is fast; it takes only a few seconds to load large files. " technology computing electronics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). Examples : "My little brother was fast asleep in his bed, so I tiptoed past his room. " physiology condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. Examples : "All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast." color material quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Tenacious; retentive. Examples : "My grandmother has a fast memory; she remembers details from her childhood vividly. " mind character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. Examples : "a fast woman" moral character society essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective adverb Download 🔗Share Ahead of the correct time or schedule. Examples : "I think my watch is running fast." "There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast." time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. Examples : "The fast film in my camera captured the image of my dog very clearly, even though it was a cloudy day. " technical technology electronics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound . Examples : "Hold this rope as fast as you can." position condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly . Examples : "He is fast asleep." physiology body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share Immediately following in place or time; close, very near . Examples : "The bus arrived fast after the scheduled time. " time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share Quickly, with great speed; within a short time . Examples : "Do it as fast as you can." time action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
Download 🔗Share Ahead of the correct time or schedule. Examples : "The train was fast; it arrived at the station an hour before the schedule. " time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target Examples : ""Fast!" shouted the archery coach, stopping the children from moving between the arrow and the target. " military weapon sport communication exclamation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food. Examples : "Their strict religious fast meant they didn't eat anything all day. " religion culture tradition food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food. Examples : "Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions." religion period food ritual culture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons. Examples : "Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent." religion food medicine culture action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading