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fastens

/ˈfɑːs(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈfɑːs(ə)n/

fastens

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

fas - tens -> fastens

Myanmar meaning

(v[sg]) ပိတ်

Full entry

fast¹ / fɑ:st; US fæst / adj (-er, -est )

၁။ (က) မြန်သော။ a fast car / horse
❍ the world's fastest runner ❍ a fast bowler.
(ခ) မြန်သော။ a fast journey/ trip ❍ the fastest rate of increase for many years.
၂။ (of a surface) ချောသော။ သွက်သော။ အမြန်။ a fast road / pitch ❍ the fast lane of the freeway.
၃။ (of a watch or clock) မြန်နေသော။ I'm early—my watch must be fast. ❍ That clock's ten minutes fast.
၄။ (of photographic film)
အလင်းရောင် အကူးမြန်သော။
adv လျင်မြန်စွာ။ အမြန်။ မြန်မြန်။ Don't drive so fast! ❍ The water was rising fast. ❍ Her heart beat faster. ❍ Can't you run any faster than that? ❍ (fml ) Night was fast approaching. ❍ a fast-flowing stream ❍ Computer training is a fast-growing market.
❏ (run, etc) as fast as one's legs can carry one [IDM ] ဖနောင့်နှင့်တင်ပါး တစ်သားတည်းကျအောင် ပြေးသည်။
❏ fast and furious [IDM ] (of games, parties, shows, etc) ဝုန်းဒိုင်းကြဲသော။
❏ fast breeder (also fast breeder reactor ) n (physics )
အဏုမြူလောင်စာကိုသုံးစွဲရင်း အပိုဆောင်း ထုတ်ပေး သော အဏုမြူဓာတ်ပေါင်းဖို။
❏ fast food n [U,C] အမြန်ပြင် အစားအစာ။ hamburgers, chips and other fast foods ❍ a fast food restaurant / outlet / chain.
❏ fast-forward v
(ဗီဒီယို၊ ကက်ဆက်တိပ် စသည်ကို) ရှေ့သို့အမြန်ရစ် သည်။ n [U]: Put it on fast-forward.

fast² / fɑ:st; US fæst / adj

၁။ ခိုင် [သော]။ make a boat fast (ie tie it securely).
၂။ ဆေးခိုင် [သော]။
adv ခိုင်မြဲစွာ။ တင်းကျပ်စွာ။ လုံခြုံစွာ။ နှစ်နှစ်ခြိုက်ခြိုက်။
be fast asleep (ie sleeping deeply)
❍ The boat was stuck fast in the mud.
❏ hold fast to sth [IDM ]
ခိုင်မာစွာ ဆုပ်ကိုင်ထားသည်။
❏ play fast and loose (with sb/sth) [IDM ] ရှုံ့ချည် နှပ်ချည်လုပ်သည်။
He's playing fast and loose with that girl's feelings.
❏ stand fast / firm [IDM ]
ခိုင်မာစွာ ရပ်တည်သည်။ ဆုပ်ကိုင်ထားသည်။

fast³ / fɑ:st; US fæst / v

ဥပုသ်စောင့်သည်။ Muslims fast during Ramadan.
n အစားမစားဘဲနေသည့်အချိန်။ ဥပုသ်။
a fast of three days ❍ break one's fast ❍ fast days.

More examples

Simon loves fast cars.
A chance for runners to show how fast they are
It was quite a fast journey.
A fast drive/run
[a fast pace/tempo/speed] : We were expected to work at a fast pace.
The government has promised a fast response to the crisis.
We need fast and effective action to combat this problem.
[a fast reader/learner] : I’m usually quite a fast learner.
The pace of the game was fast.
My watch is a few minutes fast.

Synonyms

quick, speedy, rapid, swift, express, hasty, high-speed, prompt, immediate, expeditious, PDQ, abrupt, abstain, abstention, abstinence, accelerated, active, adherent, agile, ahead, apace, ardent, at once, at the double, attached, bawdy, blue streak, breakneck, brief, brisk, briskly, careless, chop-chop, cleansing, close, constant, constrained, dashing, debauched, deeply, deny oneself, depraved, devil-may-care, diet, dissipated, dissolute, double-time, durable, easy, electric, expeditiously, expeditive, extravagant, faithful, famish, fastened, fasting, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flashing, flat-out, fleet, fleeting, fleetly, flirtatious, flying, forbear, fortified, frivolous, full tilt, gadabout, gaining, giddy, glued, go hungry, hairtrigger, hard, hastily, held, hot, hunger strike, hurried, hurriedly, hypersonic, immediately, immoral, immovable, impregnable, in a flash, in a jiffy, in advance, in haste, in no time, in nothing flat, in short order, incontinent, indecent, indelible, inextricable, intemperate, lascivious, lasting, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lickety split, light, like a bat out of hell, like a flash, like a shot, like all get out, like crazy, like greased lightning, like lightning, like mad, like wildfire, loose, loyal, lustful, momentary, nimble, not eat, on the double, permanent, posthaste, precipitous, presto, profligate, promiscuous, promptly, pronto, quickly, racing, rakish, rapidly, ready, reckless, refrain, resistant, resolute, salacious, screamin', secure, securely, self-gratifying, self-indulgent, set, sharp, short-lived, snap, snappy, solidly, soon, sound, soundly, speedball

Antonyms

boring, careful, changeable, chaste, clean, clumsy, decent, disloyal, dull, eat, eating, ending, ephemeral, feast, fickle, flexible, gentle, glut, gluttony, good, gorge, gorging, impermanent, inaccurate, inconstant, indefinite, indulge, indulgence, insecure, irresolute, long-lasting, loose, loosely, moral, movable, moving, nice, open, plodding, pure, slow, slowly, sluggish, soft, strict, stuff, stuffing, tardy, temporary, unattached, uncertain, uncorrupt, undecided, unfixed, unfixedly, unhurried, unprotected, unreliable, unstable, untrue, upright, virtuous, wavering, weak, wobbly

Cross references

quick speedy rapid swift express hasty high-speed prompt immediate expeditious PDQ abrupt abstain abstention abstinence accelerated active adherent agile ahead apace ardent at once at the double attached bawdy blue streak breakneck

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