fast

fast
{{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}}
noun
ADJECTIVE
long
VERB + FAST
go on, keep, observe

All members of the religious community keep these fasts.

break

In the evening the people break their fast.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj., adv.
VERBS
be, seem

Her pulse seemed very fast.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

I suppose delivery in two days is pretty fast, really.

I should make a very fast profit on these.

awfully, exceptionally, particularly, remarkably, surprisingly
reasonably, relatively
a little, slightly, etc.
amazingly, blazingly, blindingly, impossibly, incredibly, unbelievably, unusually

He came around the corner blindingly fast.

dangerously
Fast is used with these nouns: ↑acceleration, ↑access, ↑bowler, ↑bowling, ↑car, ↑computer, ↑current, ↑dance, ↑delivery, ↑descent, ↑exit, ↑film, ↑food, ↑friend, ↑gallop, ↑growth, ↑horse, ↑lane, ↑lap, ↑learner, ↑link, ↑modem, ↑pace, ↑passage, ↑progress, ↑pulse, ↑rate, ↑reaction, ↑reactor, ↑reader, ↑recovery, ↑reflex, ↑relief, ↑return, ↑rhythm, ↑road, ↑route, ↑runner, ↑service, ↑speed, ↑stretch, ↑stroke, ↑tempo, ↑time, ↑track, ↑traffic, ↑train, ↑trot, ↑turnover, ↑typist, ↑walk, ↑worker
{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}
adv.
Fast is used with these adjectives: ↑asleep, ↑stuck
Fast is used with these verbs: ↑approach, ↑beat, ↑breathe, ↑change, ↑decline, ↑drive, ↑drop, ↑dwindle, ↑expand, ↑fade, ↑fill, ↑flow, ↑fly, ↑grow, ↑pedal, ↑progress, ↑recede, ↑recover, ↑ride, ↑rise, ↑run, ↑shrink, ↑sink, ↑spin, ↑spread, ↑think, ↑travel, ↑update, ↑walk

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