fast
/fæst/ verb C2- To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
- To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
- To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
He/she/it fasts · Past fasted · Past participle fasted · -ing form fasting
Verb forms
- Base form
- fast
- He/she/it
- fasts
- Past
- fasted
- Past participle
- fasted
- -ing form
- fasting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So he sprang into the water, and the Tin Woodman caught fast hold of his tail.
They walked along as fast as they could, Dorothy only stopping once to pick a beautiful flower; and after a time the Tin Woodman cried out: “Look!”
“We must certainly get to the Emerald City if we can,” the Scarecrow continued, and he pushed so hard on his long pole that it stuck fast in the mud at the bottom of the river.
I think I can swim to the shore and pull the raft after me, if you will only hold fast to the tip of my tail.”
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