Task 2
Dictionary entry
Answer the following questions with reference to the four dictionary entries for the wordfast.
| fast 1 | /fa:st US: fast/ adj firmly fixed; not easily moved: The post is fast in the ground. |
| fast 2 | /fa:st US: fast/ adj (-er, -est) 1 quick; rapid movement: a fast train / horse; a fast trip 2 (dated) (of a person, his way of living) spending too much time and energy on pleasure and excitement; dissipated: lead a fast life; a fast woman. |
| fast 3 | /fa:st US: fast/ adv 1 (after a verb)quickly: Don't speak so fast, heavily: Her tears fell fast, to ask about the speed of something: How fast can you run? |
| fast 4 | /fa:st US: fast/ vi go without food, or without certain kinds of food, esp as a religious duty: muslims have to fast during their holy month. |