- abstaining from food
FAST
FAST 1 syllable
A2 · Elementary 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word
Common in conversation and basic reading.
- abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
- abstain from eating
💬 Examples
- "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
- "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
- acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
- at a rapid tempo
- (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
💬 Examples
- "fast film"
- "on the fast track in school"
- "my watch is fast"
- "the band played a fast fox trot"
🔗 Similar words
- quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
- firmly or closely
💬 Examples
- "how fast can he get here?"
- "ran as fast as he could"
- "held fast to the rope"
- "her foot was stuck fast"