Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
More sensitive to light than average.
Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
(academic) To cause a person or animal to abstain, especially from eating.
To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
Deeply or soundly .
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food
One of the fasting periods in the liturgical year
A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.