Word Study
Fast
CIDE DICTIONARY
Fast, v. i. [AS. f; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.].
- To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. [1913 Webster]"Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked." [1913 Webster]
- To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. [1913 Webster]"Thou didst fast and weep for the child." [1913 Webster]
- Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. [1913 Webster]"Surfeit is the father of much fast." [1913 Webster]
- Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation. [1913 Webster]
- A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. [1913 Webster]
Fast, a. [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f; 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 keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv. , Fast, v. , Avast.].
- Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. [1913 Webster]"There is an order that keeps things fast." [1913 Webster]
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. [1913 Webster]"Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places." [1913 Webster]
- Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. [1913 Webster]
- Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. [1913 Webster]
- Tenacious; retentive. [1913 Webster]"Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells." [1913 Webster]
- Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. [1913 Webster]"All this while in a most fast sleep." [1913 Webster]
- Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. [1913 Webster]
- Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. [1913 Webster]"We will bind thee fast." [1913 Webster]
- In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. [1913 Webster]"He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk
Into the wood fast by." [1913 Webster]"Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides." [1913 Webster]
Fast, n.
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Fast, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 rapid, quick-moving.
2 capable of high speed (a fast car).
3 enabling or causing or intended for high speed (a fast road; fast lane).
4 (of a clock etc.) showing a time ahead of the correct time.
5 (of a pitch or ground etc. in a sport) likely to make the ball bounce or run quickly.
6 a (of a photographic film) needing only a short exposure. b (of a lens) having a large aperture.
7 a firmly fixed or attached. b secure; firmly established (a fast friendship).
8 (of a colour) not fading in light or when washed.
9 (of a person) immoral, dissipated.
--adv.
1 quickly; in quick succession.
2 firmly, fixedly, tightly, securely (stand fast; eyes fast shut).
3 soundly, completely (fast asleep).
--adj.
1 rapid, quick-moving.
2 capable of high speed (a fast car).
3 enabling or causing or intended for high speed (a fast road; fast lane).
4 (of a clock etc.) showing a time ahead of the correct time.
5 (of a pitch or ground etc. in a sport) likely to make the ball bounce or run quickly.
6 a (of a photographic film) needing only a short exposure. b (of a lens) having a large aperture.
7 a firmly fixed or attached. b secure; firmly established (a fast friendship).
8 (of a colour) not fading in light or when washed.
9 (of a person) immoral, dissipated.
--adv.
1 quickly; in quick succession.
2 firmly, fixedly, tightly, securely (stand fast; eyes fast shut).
3 soundly, completely (fast asleep).
Idiom
fast breeder (or fast breeder reactor) a reactor using fast neutrons to produce the same fissile material as it uses. fast buck see BUCK(2). fast food food that can be prepared and served quickly and easily, esp. in a snack bar or restaurant. fast neutron a neutron with high kinetic energy, esp. not slowed by a moderator etc. fast reactor a nuclear reactor using mainly fast neutrons. fast-talk US colloq. persuade by rapid or deceitful talk. fast-wind wind (magnetic tape) rapidly backwards or forwards. fast worker colloq. a person who achieves quick results, esp. in love affairs. pull a fast one colloq. try to deceive or gain an unfair advantage.
Fast, v. & n.
--v.intr. abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, esp. as a religious observance.
--n. an act or period of fasting.
--v.intr. abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, esp. as a religious observance.
--n. an act or period of fasting.
Derivative
faster n.
Etymology
ON fasta f. Gmc (as FAST(1))
THESAURUS
Fast
Barmecidal feast, Encratism, Friday, Lenten diet, Lenten entertainment, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Sabbath, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, Sunday, abandoned, abstain, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, accelerated, active, agile, aground, airtight, alert, amain, anchored, apace, ardent, asceticism, at flank speed, attached, avoidance, balanced, banyan day, bare subsistence, bonded, bound, bread and water, breakneck, brief, brisk, briskly, calculable, caught, celibacy, cemented, chained, chastity, chronic, church calendar, close, close to, closely, colorfast, committed, compact, confirmed, connected, constant, continence, cool, dashing, debauched, dedicated, deep-dyed, deep-fixed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dependable, devoted, diet, dissipated, dissolute, dissolutely, double-dyed, double-quick, dustproof, dusttight, dyed-in-the-wool, eagle-winged, eat sparingly, ecclesiastical calendar, eschewal, established, expeditious, expeditiously, express, extravagant, extravagantly, fadeless, faithful, faithworthy, fastened, fasting, feast, fecklessly, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, firmly, fish day, fixed, fixedly, flat-out, fleet, flying, free, fruitarianism, full tilt, gallant, galloping, gasproof, gastight, gay, glued, go hungry, grounded, gymnosophy, hair-trigger, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, hasty, headlong, held, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, hermetic, hermetically sealed, high and dry, high-speed, holy day, holytide, hurried, hurriedly, hustling, immediately, immoral, immovable, immovably, impacted, imperturbable, implanted, in a flash, in a twinkling, in a wink, in double time, in double-quick time, in equilibrium, in high, in high gear, in nothing flat, in seven-league boots, in short order, incorrigible, inculcated, indecorous, indecorously, indelible, inextricable, infixed, ingrain, ingrained, inseparably, instilled, intemperate, intemperately, inveterate, invincible, irresponsible, irreversible, jammed, keen, lack of food, lasting, lecherous, lecherously, licentious, licentiously, lickety-cut, lickety-split, liege, light of heel, light-footed, lightproof, lighttight, like a flash, like a shot, like wildfire, lively, long-established, loose, loosely, loyal, lustful, lustfully, meager diet, mercurial, moored, near, nephalism, nimble, nimble-footed, not eat, of easy virtue, oilproof, oiltight, on the double, packed, permanent, plain living, post, posthaste, precipitate, predictable, presto, profligate, promiscuous, promiscuously, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly, rainproof, raintight, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, raking, rakish, rapid, rapidly, reckless, recklessly, refraining, refrainment, reliable, resolute, right, rooted, running, sealed, secure, secured, securely, self-denial, self-indulgent, set, settled, settled in habit, sexual abstinence, short commons, shut fast, simple diet, smokeproof, smoketight, snappily, snappy, snug, solid, solidly, soon, sound, soundly, spanking, spare diet, speedily, speedy, stable, starvation diet, staunch, steadfast, steadfastly, steady, stormproof, stormtight, stranded, strong, stuck, stuck fast, substantial, sure, surefire, swift, swiftly, sybaritic, sybaritically, taped, teetotalism, tested, tethered, the pledge, thorough, tied, tight, tightly, total abstinence, transfixed, tried, tried and true, trippingly, true, trustworthy, trusty, unbridled, under forced draft, unfading, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, unrestrained, unrestrainedly, unshakable, unshakably, unshakeable, unshakeably, unwavering, vegetarianism, wanton, wantonly, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, wedged, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded, whip and spur, wild, wildly, windproof, windtight, winged, with all haste, with all speed, with giant strides, with rapid strides, with speed, without nerves, xerophagia, xerophagyROGET THESAURUS
Fast
Junction
N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno, junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.Activity
N activity, briskness, liveliness, animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy, snap, vim, nimbleness, agility, smartness, quickness, velocity, alacrity, promptitude, despatch, dispatch, expedition, haste, punctuality, eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness, abandon, vigor, devotion, exertion, industry, assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity, laboriousness, drudgery, painstaking, diligence, perseverance, indefatigation, habits of business, vigilance, wakefulness, sleeplessness, restlessness, insomnia, pervigilium, insomnium, racketing, movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness, flurry, officiousness, dabbling, meddling, interference, interposition, intermeddling, tampering with, intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action, housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade, devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank, hummer, hustler, live man, rustler, active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively, animated, vivacious, alive, alive and kicking, frisky, spirited, stirring, nimble, nimble as a squirrel, agile, light-footed, nimble-footed, featly, tripping, quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter, expeditious, awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest, resolute, industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking, intent, indefatigable, unwearied, unsleeping, never tired, plodding, hard-working, businesslike, workaday, bustling, restless, restless as a hyena, fussy, fidgety, pottering, busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring, busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger, meddling, meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious, intrigant, astir, stirring, agoing, afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert, actively, with life and spirit, with might and main &c, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus, Int, be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, age quod agis!, jaldi!, karo!, step lively!, carpe diem, seize the day, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, No sooner said than done, veni vidi vici, catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der Faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Al, hard work in youth means soft rest in age, the busy hum of men.Instantaneity
N instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, suddenness, abruptness, moment, instant, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time, epoch, time, time of day, time of night, hour, minute, very minute, very time, very hour, present time, right time, true time, exact correct time, instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate, subitaneous, hasty, quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash, rapid as electricity, speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz, rapid (velocity), instantaneously, in no time, in less than no time, presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in one's tracks, right away, toute a l'heure, at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu, at once, all at once, plump, slap, at one fell swoop, at the same instant, immediately, extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, no sooner said than done, just then, slap-dash, touch and go, no sooner said than done.Periodicity
N regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.Stability
N stability, immutability, unchangeability unchangeableness, constancy, stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb, establishment, fixture, rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin, permanence, obstinacy, unchangeable, immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable, undeviating, stable, durable, perennial, fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed, valid, fiducial, immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted, settled, established, vested, incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable, tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted, ineradicable, inveterate, obstinate, transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded, stuck, jammed, unremovable, quiescent, deterioration, indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, Int, stet, littera scripta manet.Worship
VB worship, lift up the heart, aspire, revere, adore, do service, pay homage, humble oneself, kneel, bow the knee, bend the knee, fall down, fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself, bow down and worship, pray, invoke, supplicate, put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions, beseech, say one's prayers, tell one's beads, return thanks, give thanks, say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises, give benediction, lead the choir, intone, deacon, deacon off propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself, vow, offer vows, give alms, work out one's salvation, go to church, attend service, attend mass, communicate.Rite
N rite, ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial, ordinance, observance, function, duty, form, formulary, solemnity, sacrament, incantation, service, psalmody, ministration, preaching, preachment, predication, sermon, homily, lecture, discourse, pastoral, baptism, christening, chrism, circumcision, baptismal regeneration, font, confirmation, imposition of hands, laying on of hands, ordination, excommunication, Bar Mitzvah, Bas Mitzvah, Bris, Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion, the sacrament, the holy sacrament, celebration, high celebration, missa cantata, asperges, offertory, introit, consecration, consubstantiation, transubstantiation, real presence, elements, mass, high mass, low mass, dry mass, matrimony, burial, visitation of the sick, seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession, maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes, penance, telling of beads, processional, thurification, incense, holy water, aspersion, relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax, pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera, eileton, Holy Grail, prayer machine, prayer wheel, Sangraal, urceus, ritualism, ceremonialism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, ritualist, sabbatarian, holyday, feast, fast, Sabbath, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Passion week, Holy week, Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide, agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas, All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day, Ramadan, Ramazan, Bairam Passover, Shabuoth, Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, Rosh Hashana, New Year, Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights, Purim, Feast of lots, ritual, ritualistic, ceremonial, baptismal, eucharistical, paschal, what art thou, thou idol ceremony?.Fashion
N fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society, good society, polite society, monde, drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court, world, fashionable world, gay world, Vanity Fair, show, manners, breeding, air, demeanor, savoir faire, gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_eance, conventions of society, Mrs, Grundy, punctilio, form, formality, etiquette, point of etiquette, dress, custom, mode, vogue, go, rage, prevailing taste, fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word, man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world, height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion, arbiter elegantiarum, the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand, elite, smart set, the four hundred, in crowd, fashionable, in fashion, a la mode, comme il faut, admitted in society, admissible in society, presentable, conventional, genteel, well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike, civil, polite, polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly, distingue, unembarrassed, degage, janty, jaunty, dashing, fast, modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche, newfangled, all the rage, all the go, with it, in, faddish, in court, in full dress, in evening dress, en grande tenue, fashionably, for fashion's sake, a la francaise, a la parisienne, a l' anglaise, a l' americaine, autre temps autre mauers, chaque pays a sa guise.Velocity
N velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, eagle speed, expedition, pernicity, acceleration, haste, spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase, smart rate, lively rate, swift rate, rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace, round pace, flying, flight, lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind, cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, telegraph, express train, torrent, eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher, Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin, log, log line, speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter, pedometer, fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet, aliped, nimble, agile, expeditious, express, active, flying, galloping, light footed, nimble footed, winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic, light-legged, light of heel, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, quick as a thought, swiftly, with speed, apace, at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed, full drive, full gallop, posthaste, in full sail, tantivy, trippingly, instantaneously, under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam, velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time, with rapid strides, with giant strides, a pas de geant, in seven league boots, whip and spur, ventre a terre, as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one, as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed, by leaps and bounds, with haste, vires acquirit eundo, I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes, swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow, go like a bat out of hell, tempus fugit.Intemperance
N intemperance, sensuality, animalism, carnality, tragalism, pleasure, effeminacy, silkiness, luxury, luxuriousness, lap of pleasure, lap of luxury, free living, indulgence, high living, wild living, inabstinence, self- indulgence, voluptuousness, epicurism, epicureanism, sybaritism, drug habit, dissipation, licentiousness, debauchery, crapulence, revels, revelry, debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies, excess, too much, Circean cup, bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot, hemp, grass, opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP, barbiturates, amphetamines, speed, intemperate, inabstinent, sensual, self-indulgent, voluptuous, luxurious, licentious, wild, dissolute, rakish, fast, debauched, brutish, crapulous, swinish, piggish, Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical, bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury, indulged, pampered, full-fed, high-fed, being full of supper and distempering draughts.Fasting
N fasting, xerophagy, famishment, starvation, fast, jour maigre, fast day, banyan day, Lent, quadragesima, Ramadan, Ramazan, spare diet, meager diet, lenten diet, lenten entertainment, soupe maigre, short commons, Barmecide feast, short rations, lenten, quadragesimal, unfed, starved, half-starved, fasting, hungry.VB fast, starve, clem, famish, perish with hunger, dine with Duke Humphrey, make two bites of a cherry.
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