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A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
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adjective
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Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
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That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
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Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
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(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
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Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
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I am going to buy a fast car.
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Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
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a fast billiard table
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(of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
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Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
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(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
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All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
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Tenacious; retentive.
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Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
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a fast woman
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Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
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There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.
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(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
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In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
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Hold this rope as fast as you can.
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(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
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He is fast asleep.
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Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
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Fast by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped. / That ain't my style, said Casey. Strike one, the umpire said.
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Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
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Do it as fast as you can.
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Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
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I think my watch is running fast.
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interjection
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Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
Examples of fast in a Sentence
It was all so fast that she didn't have time to think.
How fast was I going?
Just as fast, she looked away.
Get out as fast as possible.
He ran home as fast as he could, blowing the whistle as he ran.
I just got up too fast, that's all.
She couldn't think of a lie fast enough.
She looked away fast for fear of the sizzling blue gaze and dropped to her knees in front of Darian, pulling his hands from his face to see the wound.
Selyn wrenched the door open fast enough to startle Deidre.
There are a zillion fast food restaurants around here.
Mr. Cooms moved fast, and so did we.
Somebody clocked my fast ball at seventy-nine.
He was going too fast.
Dorothy grabbed fast hold of the buggy top and the boy did the same.
The earth seemed benumbed by his icy touch, and the very spirits of the trees had withdrawn to their roots, and there, curled up in the dark, lay fast asleep.
Sister Edna, assuming the bones were old and broken props—albeit realistic ones—couldn't discard them fast enough.
The confusion was partly due to the fact that everything was happening so fast and partly because she had never responded to a man that way before.
We stopped briefly for a fast food lunch.
Mom always told me to watch out for those fast talkers.
The school was more than a mile from their home, and the children trotted along as fast as their short legs could carry them.
She couldn't outrun it - in any condition, and it could climb a tree as fast as she could.
Miss Sullivan and others who live constantly with the deaf can spell very rapidly--fast enough to get a slow lecture, not fast enough to get every word of a rapid speaker.
Next I tried to teach her the meaning of FAST and SLOW.
Anna Mikhaylovna left him, and when she returned he was fast asleep with his head on his arm.
She wanted to talk to Bordeaux about it, but they were moving so fast that conversation was impossible.
We'll need to hit fast then evac.
Dorothy nearly went with them, but she was holding fast to the iron rail of the seat, and that saved her.
Walking so fast that it created a breeze that caught the loose hair hanging down her back, she turned her ankle slipping off her sandals.
If something happens to the rest of us, I want you to ride as fast as you can to Ashley.
Talon would wipe out humans as fast as he could.
Yully reached the turnoff for the cottage and sped as fast as she could through a winding road.
Now, if we could get the sheriff's office to work that fast we could put this whole bones business to bed.
Our hearts beat fast, and our hands trembled with excitement, not fear, for we had the hearts of vikings, and we knew that our skipper was master of the situation.
The unexpected information was coming so fast it was hard to absorb.
In route, he pulled into a fast food drive-through and ordered two hamburger meals.
During our walks she keeps up a continual spelling, and delights to accompany it with actions such as skipping, hopping, jumping, running, walking fast, walking slow, and the like.
So what was the use of performing various operations on the French who were running away as fast as they possibly could?
It all happened so fast.
The frightened fox scampered away as fast as it could; and Aristomenes followed, clinging to its tail.
This speaks to the fabulous wealth of this country and how our expectation of material possessions has risen so fast that we have redefined poverty to include what once were deemed luxury items.
He cuts and saws the solid pond, unroofs the house of fishes, and carts off their very element and air, held fast by chains and stakes like corded wood, through the favoring winter air, to wintry cellars, to underlie the summer there.
The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou.
As fast as ever the horses can gallop, so fast we'll go!
Must he travel so fast?
There he swung up behind her and they rode away from the area at a fast trot.
Tomorrow they would be leaving, and it couldn't come fast enough.
She pushed fast food trash from the passenger seat.
Either he got smart fast or someone tipped him off.
Swords clashed and spit sparks while their feet danced too fast for her to follow.
She hadn't expected it to form so fast or so strong.