fast
To practice religious abstinence, especially from foodTo practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
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» I'm tired of eating fast food.
Ich habe es satt, Fastfood zu essen. — MUIRIEL
Ich habe es satt, Fast Food zu essen. — bzvbzy
Я устал от фаст-фуда. — afyodor
Я втомився від фаст-фуду. — deniko
Я втомилася від фаст-фуду. — deniko
Я втомилася їсти фаст-фуд. — deniko
Я втомився їсти фаст-фуд. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(intransitive)To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
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?
(intransitive)To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
(transitive)To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
fasten, hungern
пости́тьсяpostítʹsja, попости́тьсяpopostítʹsja, голода́тьgolodátʹ
по́сти́тиpóstýty, по́сти́тисяpóstýtysja, по́стуватиpóstuvaty
abstain from eating
Examples
4060 sentencesI'm tired of eating fast food.
Я втомився від фаст-фуду. — deniko
ruЯ устал от фаст-фуда. — afyodor
deIch habe es satt, Fastfood zu essen. — MUIRIEL
Run as fast as you can.
Біжи якомога швидше. — deniko
ruБеги как можно быстрее. — marafon
deRenn so schnell, wie du kannst. — MUIRIEL
How fast does this train run?
А цей потяг швидко їде? — aandrusiak
ruКак быстро едет этот поезд? — naXa
deWie schnell fährt dieser Zug? — Wolf
My watch is ten minutes fast.
Мій годинник поспішає на десять хвилин. — deniko
ruМои часы спешат на десять минут. — Wezel
deMeine Uhr geht zehn Minuten vor. — MUIRIEL
I ran as fast as possible.
Я побіг якомога швидше. — deniko
ruЯ бежала изо всех сил. — Wezel
deIch rannte so schnell ich konnte. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan (“to fast”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan (“to fast”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from
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Forms
fasts, fasting, fasted, fastedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- as fast as
- ran as fast
- faster at doing
- run faster than
- run faster
- drive too fast
- fast runner
- can run faster
- be faster at
- too fast for
- much faster than
- is a fast
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.