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Look up: Fast

  1. FAST
    1. (body) Federation Against Software Theft. 2. (language) Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator. (1996-05-19)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/FAST

  2. FAST
    acronym: Fourier amplitude-sensitivity test
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  3. Fast
    fast automated screen trading (UK, LCE)
    Found on http://www.numa.com/ref/acronym.htm

  4. fast
    [adj] - (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds 2. [adj] - securely fixed in place 3. [adj] - (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time 4. [adj] - (music) at a rapid tempo 5. [adj] - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 6...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Fast
    A warning cry to STOP shooting immediately. Usually called out when someone or something! strays into or behind the shooting area
    Found on http://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/glossa

  6. FAST
    Federation Against Software Theft - an organisation supported by software producers that is dedicated to preventing software piracy
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/

  7. FAST
    Federation Against Software Piracy. A group that attempts to stop piracy by making it difficult to copy software and prosecuting pirates.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/f.html

  8. FAST
    Food Allergy Survivors Together
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  9. FAST
    Fast Market
    Found on http://www.londonstockexchange.com/globa

  10. FAST
    (= forkhead activin signal transducer) DNA-binding component (60 kD) of the ARF complex, binds to activin response element in mix gene promoter. A winged helix transcription factor of the forkhead > forkhead family.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  11. Fast
    Fast intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fasted ; present participle & verbal noun Fasting .] [ Anglo-Saxon fæstan ; akin to D . vasten , Old High German...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  12. Fast
    Fast noun [ Middle English faste , fast ; confer Anglo-Saxon fæsten , Old High German fasta , German faste . See Fast , intransitive verb ] 1. Abstinence from food; omission t...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  13. Fast
    Fast adjective [ Compar. Faster ; superl. Fastest .] [ Middle English , firm, strong, not loose, Anglo-Saxon f...st ; akin to Old Saxon fast , Dutch vast , Old High Ger...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  14. Fast
    Fast adverb [ Middle English faste firmly, strongly, quickly, Anglo-Saxon fæste . See Fast , adjective ] 1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. « We wi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  15. Fast
    Fast noun That which fastens or holds; especially, (Nautical) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; - - called, according to its position, a bow , head , quarter , breast , or stern fast ; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  16. Fast
    Fast adjective In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/10

  17. fast
    1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. 'There is an order that keeps things fast.' (Burke) ... 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. 'Outlaws . . . Lurking in woods and fast places.'...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  18. fast
    firm adjective securely fixed in place; `the post was still firm after being hit by the car`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. fast
    adjective resistant to destruction or fading; `fast colors`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. fast
    adjective (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; `a fast road`; `grass courts are faster than clay`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. fast
    fasting noun abstaining from food
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. fast
    verb abstain from eating; `Before the medical exam, you must fast`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. fast
    adverb firmly or tightly; `held fast to the rope`; `her foot was stuck fast`; `held tight`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. fast
    (fast) immovable, or unchangeable; resistant to the action of a specific agent, such as a stain or destaining agent (e.g., acid-fast). abstention from food, or from food and liquid. to abstain from food, or from food and liquid.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  25. Fast
    • (v.) Tenacious; retentive. • (a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. • (v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. • (v.) Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. • (a.) In a...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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