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fast

“fast” is a Swedish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. caught (unable to move freely), captured
  2. fixed, fastened, unmoving
  3. firm, solid (as opposed to liquid)
  4. waxy

adverb

  1. fixed, firmly, steadily (synonymous with the adjective)
  2. almost, nearly

conjunction

  1. even though
  2. but

Etymology

From Old Swedish faster, from Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.

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