Fast

Fast is an Morphological Root Name in the English Language with more than one Etymology.

• Context:
  • It derives Lexemes such as:
    • FAST/Noun: act of not eating.
    • FAST1/Verb: for medical reasons.
    • FAST2/Verb: for non-medical reasons.
    • FAST1/Adjective: ...
    • FAST2/Adjective.
    • FAST3/Adjective.
    • FAST1/Adverb: firmly or closely
• Example(s):
  • FAST1|2/Verb: “He fasted yesterday.”.
  • FAST1/Adverb: “He held fast to X.”.
  • FAST/Noun: “His fast is over.”.
  • FAST1/Adverb: “He fastly rejected the offer.”.
  • FAST1/Adverb: “He is fast asleep.”.
  • FAST1/Adjective: “He kept a fast pace.”
  • “The fast-food was from the fast-food-nation.”
  • POS("He fasted and to hold fast to his fast he fastly rejected any fast food.”) =>
    • automated & incorrect part-of-speech tagging
    • (S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
      • (VP (VP (VBD fasted))
        • (CC and) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB hold) (ADVP (RB fast)) (PP (TO to) (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ fast)))))
          • (SBAR (S (NP (PRP he)) (ADVP (RB fastly)) (VP (VBD rejected) (NP (DT any) (JJ fast) (NN food)))))) (. .)))
• See: Word Sense Disambiguation Task, Chatter.

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References

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fast
  • Noun.
    • S: (n) fast, fasting (abstaining from food)
  • Verb
    • S: (v) fast (abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons) "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
    • S: (v) fast (abstain from eating) "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
  • Adjective
    • S: (adj) fast (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"
    • S: (adj) fast ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time) "my watch is fast"
    • S: (adj) fast (at a rapid tempo) "the band played a fast fox trot"
    • S: (adj) fast ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds) "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"
    • S: (adj) fast (resistant to destruction or fading) "fast colors"
    • S: (adj) debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast (unrestrained by convention or morality) "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
    • S: (adj) flying, quick, fast (hurried and brief) "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
    • S: (adj) fast, firm, immobile (securely fixed in place) "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
    • S: (adj) firm, loyal, truehearted, fast (unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause) "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
    • S: (adj) fast ((of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time) "a fast lens"
  • Adverb
    • S: (adv) fast (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"
    • S: (adv) fast, tight (firmly or closely) "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

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