fast
suomi-englanti sanakirjafast englannista suomeksi
kevytkenkäinen
paastota
pikaisesti, kovaa, lujaa, nopeasti
nopea
kesto-
uskollinen
paastoaminen, paasto
edistävä
lujasti kiinni, kiinni, lujasti kiinni oleva
tiukasti, lujasti
valoherkkä
Substantiivi
Verbi
fast englanniksi
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Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
{{RQ:Spenser Ireland
Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like (m).) (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1933|author=Will Hudson; Irving Mills; Eddy DeLange|title=(song)|Moonglow
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. (defdate)
Having a energy between 1 million and 20 million volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a fission or fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
(quote-book)
Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
(RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)
Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. (defdate)
(RQ:Bacon Essayes)
Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1852|author=John Swaby|title=Physiology of the Opera|page=74
(quote-journal)
(quote-text)
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound (defdate).
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice):(..)Do as I bid you; shut doors after you:Fast bind, fast find;A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
(RQ:Swift Gulliver)
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near (defdate).
(senseid) Quickly, with great speed; within a short time (defdate).
A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
Short for "fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
(RQ:KJV)
(RQ:Milton Paradise Regained)
1677 George Fox, ''The Hypocrites Fast and Feast Not God's Holy Day'', p. 8 (paraphrasing Matthew 6:16-18).
- And is it not the Command of Christ, that in their Fast they should not appear unto men to fast?
To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
{{quote-journal|en|year=1977|author=Suza Norton|title=To get the most benefit from fasting use a body-building diet|journal=Yoga Journal|section=Jul-Aug 1977, p. 40
{{quote-text|en|year=1983|title=Experimental Lung Research|volume=5-6|publisher=Informa healthcare|page=134
To cause a person or animal to abstain, especially from eating.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17689690/ Walker ''et al.'' (2007)
- At 11 weeks of age, all mice were fasted overnight and underwent gallbladder ultrasonography to determine ejection fraction.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28555510/ Semick ''et al.'' (2018)
- Kittens, when fasted overnight, were not hypoglycemic (
The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food
{{quote-text|en|year=1878|author=Joseph Bingham|title=The Antiquities of the Christian Church|volume=2|page=1182
One of the fasting periods in the liturgical year
1662 Peter Gunning, ''The Holy Fast of Lent Defended Against All Its Prophaners: Or, a Discourse, Shewing that Lent-Fast was First Taught the World by the Apostles'' (1677 1662), p. 13 (translation of the Paschal Epistle of Theophilus of Alexandria).
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(uxi)
{{quote-text|de|year=1545|author=Martin Luther; et al|chapter=Biblia|publisher=Hans Lufft|title=Gen 12:14
(verb form of)
fast (gloss)
(l), (l), (l), (l), (l)
(inflection of)
(l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)
(alternative form of)