(n) abstaining from food

(v) abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

(v) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

(a) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

(a) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"

(a) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"

(s) securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

(s) hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

(s) unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

(s) resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"

(s) firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

(s) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"

(r) quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"

(r) firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

(n) the side that is seen or that goes first

(n) the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"

(n) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

(n) the side that is forward or prominent

(n) the line along which opposing armies face each other

(n) the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"

(n) the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"

(n) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

(n) (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

(n) a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

(v) confront bodily; "breast the storm"

(v) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

(n) a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

(n) a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

(n) a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

(n) the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"

(n) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

(n) alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

(n) a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

(n) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

(n) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

(n) a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"

(n) an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"

(n) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"

(n) a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

(v) understand; "He didn't figure her"

(v) make a mathematical calculation or computation

(v) judge to be probable

(v) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

(v) be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

(n) the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers

(n) any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"

(n) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

(v) indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments

(v) examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

(v) feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"

(v) search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"

(n) the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

(n) a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

(n) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

(n) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

(n) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

(n) a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"

(n) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

(n) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

(n) the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

(n) a downward slope or bend

(n) the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

(n) the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

(v) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost he

(v) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

(v) come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

(v) go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"

(v) occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"

(v) begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"

(v) be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

(v) come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"

(v) be cast down; "his eyes fell"

(v) assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"

(v) fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

(v) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

(v) descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

(v) drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"

(v) lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"

(v) slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

(v) move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

(v) be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

(v) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

(v) come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

(v) be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"

(v) to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"

(v) to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

(v) lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

(v) suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"

(v) yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

(v) lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

(v) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

(v) die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"

(v) be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

(v) come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

(v) fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

(n) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

(n) a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God"

(n) an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

(v) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

(v) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"

(v) be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"

(v) be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"

(v) be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"

(n) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a tank of colorful fish"

(n) the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"

(n) the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20

(n) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

(v) catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"

(v) seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"