LekhoriLekhoriFirm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
out-lawes […] lurking in woods and fast places
An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: frequently discussed, ambitious, specific, transparent.
What’s more, FAST goals work well across a wide range of industries. Technology companies such as Google, Intuit, and Netflix use an approach called objectives and key results (OKRs) to put these principles into action. FAST goals are also used in companies in more traditional industries, including AB InBev, Burger King, and Kraft Heinz.
A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
Ellipsis of stand fast, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
Hold this rope as fast as you can.
To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
Thou didst fast and weep for the child.
Acronym of facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time, a mnemonic for diagnosing a CVA or stroke.
Initialism of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope.
A surname.
From Middle English fast, fest, from Old English fæst (“firm, secure”), from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology. The development of “rapi...
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The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence 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?
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
The horsemen came fast on our heels.
To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
The ideal would be to fast in a situation where you are not tempted by food
To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
At 11 weeks of age, all mice were fasted overnight and underwent gallbladder ultrasonography to determine ejection fraction.