fast friend

  • 1fast friend — noun Any of a group of friends who are often in each other’s company, and appear to be inseparable …

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  • 2Fast — Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …

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  • 3Fast and loose — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …

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  • 4Fast and loose pulleys — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …

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  • 5friend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Person on intimate terms with another Nouns 1. friend, acquaintance, neighbor, well wisher; alter ego; bosom or fast friend, gentleman or lady friend; partner; fidus Achates; persona grata; associate,… …

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  • 6Friend — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Friend >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 friend friend friend of one s bosom Sgm: N 1 acquaintance acquaintance neighbor wellwisher Sgm: N 1 alter ego alter ego Sgm: N 1 bosom friend bosom friend fast friend …

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  • 7fast — 1. verb /fɑːst,fæst/ To abstain from or eat very little food; to abstain from food for religious reasons. It is at the core of the Vision Quest, the solitary period of fasting and closeness to the earth to discover ones life path and purpose. 2 …

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  • 8fast — [OE] Widely dissimilar as they now seem, fast ‘quick’ and fast ‘abstain from food’ in fact come from the same ultimate source. This was Germanic *fastuz, which denoted ‘firm’. That underlying sense persists in various contexts, such as ‘hold… …

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  • 9fast — [OE] Widely dissimilar as they now seem, fast ‘quick’ and fast ‘abstain from food’ in fact come from the same ultimate source. This was Germanic *fastuz, which denoted ‘firm’. That underlying sense persists in various contexts, such as ‘hold… …

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  • 10Friend or Foe? — Studioalbum von Blackmail Veröffentlichung 26. Mai 2003 Label WEA Records Fo …

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