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Quick (adjective)
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
“I ran to the station – but I wasn’t quick enough.”
“He’s a quick runner.”
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Quick (adjective)
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
“That was a quick meal.”
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Quick (adjective)
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
“You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.”
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Quick (adjective)
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
“My father is old but he still has a quick wit.”
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Quick (adjective)
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
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Quick (adjective)
Alive, living.
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Quick (adjective)
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus’s movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
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Quick (adjective)
Of water: flowing.
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Quick (adjective)
Burning, flammable, fiery.
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Quick (adjective)
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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Quick (adjective)
productive; not “dead” or barren
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Quick (adverb)
quickly
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Quick (adverb)
with speed
“Get rich quick.”
“Come here, quick!”
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Quick (noun)
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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Quick (noun)
plants used in making a quickset hedge
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Quick (noun)
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
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Quick (noun)
quitchgrass
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Quick (noun)
A fast bowler.
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Quick (verb)
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
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Quick (verb)
To quicken.
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Fast (adjective)
Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. from 9th c.
“That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!”
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Fast (adjective)
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
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Fast (adjective)
Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) from 10th c.
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Fast (adjective)
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. from 14th c.
“I am going to buy a fast car.”
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Fast (adjective)
Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
“a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table; a fast dance floor”
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Fast (adjective)
Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
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Fast (adjective)
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). 16th-19th c.
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Fast (adjective)
Not fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. from 17th c.
“All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.”
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Fast (adjective)
Tenacious; retentive.
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Fast (adjective)
Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. from 18th c.
“a fast woman”
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Fast (adjective)
Ahead of the correct time or schedule. from 19th c.
“There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.”
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Fast (adjective)
More sensitive to light than average. from 20th c.
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Fast (adverb)
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound from 10th c..
“Hold this rope as fast as you can.”
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Fast (adverb)
Deeply or soundly from 13th c..
“He is fast asleep.”
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Fast (adverb)
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near from 13th c..
“The horsemen came fast on our heels.”
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Fast (adverb)
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time from 13th c..
“Do it as fast as you can.”
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Fast (adverb)
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
“I think my watch is running fast.”
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Fast (noun)
A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
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Fast (noun)
The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
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Fast (noun)
The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
“Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.”
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Fast (interjection)
Short for “stand fast”, a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
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Fast (verb)
To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.
“Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.”
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Quick (adjective)
moving fast or doing something in a short time
“he was always quick to point out her faults”
“in the qualifying session he was two seconds quicker than his teammate”
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Quick (adjective)
lasting or taking a short time
“Brian gave her a quick look”
“we went to the pub for a quick drink”
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Quick (adjective)
happening with little or no delay; prompt
“children like to see quick results from their efforts”
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Quick (adjective)
prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent
“it was quick of him to spot the mistake”
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Quick (adjective)
(of a person’s eye or ear) keenly perceptive; alert.
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Quick (adjective)
(of a person’s temper) easily roused.
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Quick (adverb)
at a fast rate; quickly
“he’ll find some place where he can make money quicker”
“Get out, quick!”
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Quick (noun)
the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.
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Quick (noun)
the central or most sensitive part of someone or something.
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Quick (noun)
those who are living
“the quick and the dead”
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Quick (noun)
a fast bowler.