fast

Pronunciation

• enPR: fäst, IPA ^(key): /fɑːst/
• enPR: făst, IPA ^(key): /fæst/

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Adjective

Positive fast

Comparative faster

Superlative fastest

The cheetah is fast.

1. When you are fast, you can move a in very short time.

   The horse ran very fast.

Verb

Plain form fast

Third-person singular fasts

Past tense fasted

Past participle fasted

Present participle fasting

1. (intransitive) You fast when you don't eat for a long time.

   In many religions people fast for a day or more.

Noun

Singular fast

Plural fasts

1. A fast is an act of not eating for a period of time.

   He was very hungry after the fast.