Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who fasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who abstains from food.
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- adjective
comparative form offast : morefast - adverb
comparative form offast : morefast - noun
Agent noun offast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb more quickly
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Examples
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And then she danced faster, _faster_, FASTER, till she went at quite a furious rate.
Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly Edith King Hall
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_mannerly modest_, as a _measure_, full of _state and ancientry_; and then comes repentance, and with his bad legs falls into the _cinque-pace faster and faster_ till he sink into his grave.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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It’s been a while – so ai’ll start out slolee *skate skate skate fliparound skating bakwerds now – faster, faster, faster* *thump* Oh mai.
Why rain not fall down? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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-Adam ties Dominic with FRACTIONS, but because he spelled his word faster, he takes the lead.
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In mid-December, the Islamic republic test-fired its Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone), which it described as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In mid-December, the Islamic republic test-fired its Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone), which it described as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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So you want them to change the way the rings have worked since day 1 just to gain a title faster?
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In mid-December, the Islamic republic test-fired its Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone), which it described as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In mid-December, the Islamic republic test-fired its Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone), which it described as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In mid-December, the Islamic republic test-fired its Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone), which it described as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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