Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fast
Participle: fasted
Gerund: fasting
Indicative
Present
| I | fast |
| you | fast |
| he;she;it | fasts |
| we | fast |
| you | fast |
| they | fast |
Perfect
| I | have fasted |
| you | have fasted |
| he;she;it | has fasted |
| we | have fasted |
| you | have fasted |
| they | have fasted |
Past
| I | fasted |
| you | fasted |
| he;she;it | fasted |
| we | fasted |
| you | fasted |
| they | fasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had fasted |
| you | had fasted |
| he;she;it | had fasted |
| we | had fasted |
| you | had fasted |
| they | had fasted |
Future
| I | will fast |
| you | will fast |
| he;she;it | will fast |
| we | will fast |
| you | will fast |
| they | will fast |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fasted |
| you | will have fasted |
| he;she;it | will have fasted |
| we | will have fasted |
| you | will have fasted |
| they | will have fasted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fast |
| you | fast |
| he;she;it | fast |
| we | fast |
| you | fast |
| they | fast |
Perfect
| I | have fasted |
| you | have fasted |
| he;she;it | have fasted |
| we | have fasted |
| you | have fasted |
| they | have fasted |
Imperfect
| I | fasted |
| you | fasted |
| he;she;it | fasted |
| we | fasted |
| you | fasted |
| they | fasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had fasted |
| you | had fasted |
| he;she;it | had fasted |
| we | had fasted |
| you | had fasted |
| they | had fasted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fast |
| you | would fast |
| he;she;it | would fast |
| we | would fast |
| you | would fast |
| they | would fast |
Perfect
| I | would have fasted |
| you | would have fasted |
| he;she;it | would have fasted |
| we | would have fasted |
| you | would have fasted |
| they | would have fasted |
Imperative
| you | fast |
| we | Let's fast |
| you | fast |
Verbs conjugated like 'fast'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fast'
cast,
east,
fart,
fash,
fat,
feast,
fist,
fust,
gast,
last,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English fasten, from Old English fæstan (“to fast”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from
2. Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to fast”), from the same root as Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“to fasten”), derived from *fastuz, and thereby related to Etymology 1.
3. The religious sense is presumably introduced in the Gothic church, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan, “hold fast (viz. to the rule of abstinence)”). This semantic development is unique to Gothic, the term glosses Greek νηστεύω (nēsteúō), Latin ieiuno which do not have similar connotations of "holding fast".
4. The feminine noun Old High German fasta likely existed in the 8th century (shift to neuter Old High German fasten from the 9th century, whence modern German Fasten).
5. The Old English noun originally had the sense "fortress, enclosure" and takes the religious sense only in late Old English, perhaps influenced by Old Norse fasta.
6. The use for reduced nutrition intake for medical reasons or for weight reduction develops by the mid-1970s, back-formed from the use of the verbal noun fasting in this sense (1960s). See: Old English '
fæstan', Proto-Germanic '
*fastāną', Proto-Germanic '
*fastijaną', German, old spelling '
Fasten'.
Verbs referencing "fast"
Danish
faste, Esperanto
fasti, Ido fastar.
Sample Sentences
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“ They shall never get the upper hand ! ” said Alfred. “ That's right, ” said St. Clare; “ put on the steam, fasten down the escape-valve, and sit on it, and see where you'll land. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Whew ! cousin, ” said Augustine. “ What will the Abolition Society think ? They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)