Fast Definition–adjective | 1. | moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. | | 2. | done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work. | | 3. | (of time) | a. | indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. | | b. | noting or according to daylight-saving time. | | | 4. | adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball. | | 5. | characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, esp. in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous. | | 6. | characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life. | | 8. | firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached. | | 9. | held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap. | | 10. | firmly tied, as a knot. | | 11. | closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter. | | 12. | such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing. | | 13. | firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends. | | 14. | permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule. | | 15. | Informal. | a. | (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage. | | b. | cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal. | | | 16. | Photography. | a. | (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time. | | b. | (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density. | | | 17. | Horse Racing. | a. | (of a track condition) completely dry. | | b. | (of a track surface) very hard. | | –adverb | 18. | quickly, sw
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iftly, or rapidly. | | 19. | in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis. | | 20. | tightly; firmly: to hold fast. | | 21. | soundly: fast asleep. | | 22. | in a wild or dissipated way. | | 23. | ahead of the correct or announced time. | | 24. | Archaic. close; near: fast by. | –noun | 25. | a fastening for a door, window, or the like. | —Idioms | 26. | play fast and loose. play (def. 80). | | 27. | pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit: He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards. | |
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Cash Definition–noun | 1. | money in the form of coins or banknotes, esp. that issued by a government. | | 2. | money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of makin
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g a purchase. | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.). | | 4. | Cards. | a. | to win (a trick) by leading an assured winner. | | b. | to lead (an assured winner) in order to win a trick: He cashed his ace and led the queen. | | —Verb phrases | 5. | cash in, | a. | to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino. | | b. | to end or withdraw from a business agreement; convert one's assets into cash. | | c. | Slang. to die: After her parents cashed in, she lived with her grandmother. | | | 6. | cash in on, to profit from; use to one's advantage: swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public. | —Idiom | 7. | cash in one's chips, Slang. to die. | |
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