fast

I. v. n.

Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry.

II. n.

1.

Fasting, abstinence from food.

2.

Fast-day, day of fasting, banyan day.

3.

Time of fasting.

4.

Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf).

III. a.

1.

Fastened, fixed, close, tight.

2.

Immovable, firm.

3.

Constant, steadfast, stanch.

4.

Fortified, strong, impregnable.

5.

Sound, deep, profound.

6.

Swift, quick, fleet, rapid.

7.

Dissipated, wild, giddy, reckless, thoughtless, thriftless, extravagant.

IV. ad.

1.

Firmly, tightly, immovably.

2.

Swiftly, quickly, rapidly.

3.

Extravagantly, prodigally, recklessly, wildly.