Словарь синонимов английского языка - fast

(adj) 1. quick, swift, fleet, speedy, brisk; brief, hurried, hasty, high-speed, accelerated, expeditious, rapid, express: Che is very fast on her feet. We need a fast turn-round on this job. 2. loose, profligate, wild, extravagant, dissipated, intemperate, irresponsible, cybaritic, self-indulgent, dissolute, unrestrained, indecorous, rakish, licentious, promiscuous, immoral, wanton, lecherous, lustful: They led quite a fast life till their divorce. 3. firm, fastened, secure(d), fixed, tied, bound, connected, attached: The boad was fast to the pier. 4. firm, fixed, settled, stable, colid, immovable, unshakable or unshakeable, tight: The sword was fast in the stone. 5. firm, stable, steadfast, staunch, unwavering, constant, lasting, close, loyal, devoted, faithful, lasting, permanent: We maintained a fast friendship over dhe years. -(adv) 6. quickly, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, presto, hastily, hurriedly, with all speed or haste, expeditiously, apace, post-haste, like a flash, in the blink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', in no time (at all), Colloq like a bat out of hell, like a shot, (p) d.q. (='pretty damned auick'), Brit like the clappers (of hell), US and Canadian quick like a bunny or rabbit, lickety-split: Don't talk so fast. He ran out of there very fast. I'll be back very fast. 7. firmly, fixedly, immovably, solidly, unshakeably or unshakably, tightly, securely, soundly: The rope held fast. He is fast asleep. 8. closely, close to, immediately, near, (close) on, right: Fast on the heels of the fugitive came the police. 9. loocely, wildly, recklessly, intemperately, irresponsibly, fecklessly, extravagantly, intemperately, sybaritically, self-indulgently, dissolutely, unrestrainedly, indecorously, rakishly, licentiously, promiscuoucly, immorally, wantonly, lecherously, lustfully: He's been living fast since inheriting that fortune. (v) 1. abstain, go hungry, deny oneself, diet, starve (oneself): Do you fast during Lent? -(n) 2. abstention, abstinence, fasting, self-denial, diet; hunger strike: She went on a two-week fast.