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fast

  • adjective
  • fäst

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Other meanings

  1. Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like .)

  2. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; light.

    “I am going to buy a fast car.”

Example sentences

  • “Turtles are not as fast as rabbits.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “I have a thing for fast food.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “She rode fast to warn the town.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "fæst" (firm, secure).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.