fast

/fæst/ adj [-er/-est only] (QUICK)

Definition

› moving or happening quickly or able to move or happen quickly: a fast car The fastest way to get there is by plane. › If your watch or clock is fast, it shows a time later than the real time.

(Definition of fast adj (QUICK) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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fashion n CLOTHING
fashion n CUSTOM
fashion n MANNER
fashion v MAKE
fashionable adj
fast adj QUICK
fast adj, adv ATTACHED
fast adv QUICKLY
fast food n
fast track n
fast v NOT EAT

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fast adj, adv ATTACHED
fast v NOT EAT
fast n, at fast v NOT EAT
fast adv QUICKLY
fast food n
fast track n

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go nowhere (fast), at get nowhere (fast) idiom
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