fast

I 1. adjective

1) (quick-moving: a fast car.) rask, hurtig

2) (quick: a fast worker.) rask, hurtig

3) ((of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time: My watch is five minutes fast.) (gå) for fort

2. adverb

(quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) raskt, fort

- fastness

- fast foods
- fast food II 1. verb

(to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.) faste

2. noun

(a time or act of fasting: She has just finished two days' fast.) faste

- fasting

III adjective

1) ((of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed.) fargeekte

2) (firm; fixed: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.) fast(gjort), festet

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- fast asleep

hurtig

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rask

I

subst. \/fɑːst\/

1) faste

2) fasteperiode, fastetid

break one's fast bryte fasten

II

subst. \/fɑːst\/

(sjøfart) fortøyning, trosse

III

verb \/fɑːst\/

faste, gå uten mat

IV

adj. \/fɑːst\/

1) fast(sittende), (godt) festet

• she got a fast hold of it

hun fikk et fast grep om den

2) hardt knyttet, sterk

3) dyp

• fast sleep

4) (farge) (vaske)ekte, lysekte

• fast colours

fargeekte

5) (overført) trofast, lojal, god

• a fast friend

V

adj. \/fɑːst\/

1) rask, hurtig, snar, kvikk

• a fast horse

• a fast trip

• be a fast thinker

tenke kjapt

• he's a fast learner

han lærer raskt

• my watch is fast

klokken min går for fort

• you are two minutes fast

klokken din går to minutter for fort

2) rask, forklaring: underlag som det er lett å kjøre eller bevege seg raskt på

• driving along a wide, fast road

3) vidløftig, nytelseslysten, som lever livet, lettlivet, lettsindig

• a fast society

• she is living the fast life in New York

4) (om klokke) som går fort

pull a fast one eller pull a fast one on

se ➢ pull

VI

adv. \/fɑːst\/

1) fast

• stand fast

2) fort, raskt, kvikt, hurtig

• run fast

• his tears fell fast

han gråt i strie strømmer

• it's raining fast

det regner heftig

• he would do it fast enough

han skulle gladelig gjort det

be fast aground (sjøfart) stå hardt på grunn

fast asleep i dyp søvn

fast beside eller fast by (poetisk) rett ved

play fast and loose with behandle skjødesløst, leke med