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• Fast — Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fast and loose — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fast and loose pulleys — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fast Ferry Scandal — The Fast Ferry Scandal, also referred to less formally as the FastCat Fiasco , was the name given to a political scandal in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1990s relating to the construction of a fleet of high speed ferry vessels …   Wikipedia

• Fast battleship — Historically, a fast battleship was a battleship of which the design featured an emphasis on speed which was unusual, compared to the normal practice of the time. The term is especially appropriate when applied to a design which was not only… …   Wikipedia

• fast — fast1 /fast, fahst/, adj., faster, fastest, adv., faster, fastest, n. adj. 1. moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. 2. done in comparatively… …   Universalium

• fast — I [[t]fæst, fɑst[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est, n. 1) moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast typist[/ex] 2) done in or taking comparatively little time: a fast race; fast… …   From formal English to slang

• Fast combat support ship — The fast combat support ship (AOE) is the United States Navy s largest combat logistics ship, designed as an oiler, ammunition and supply ship. All fast combat support ships currently in service are operated by Military Sealift Command (MSC). The …   Wikipedia

• 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 …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Hard and fast — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To make fast — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English