fast

/ˈfast/

Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, Armenian hast

adjective

  1. firmly fixed

  2. tightly shut

  3. adhering firmly

roots fast in the ground

the drawers were fast

fast rapid swift fleet quick speedy hasty expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves and rapid to the movement itself.

adverb

  1. in a firm or fixed manner

  2. in a sound manner : deeply

  3. in a rapid manner : quickly

stuck fast

verb

  1. to abstain from food

  2. to eat sparingly or abstain from some foods