'Fastness' definitions:
Definition of 'fastness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed, swiftness, fastness]
noun
The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness]
noun
A strongly fortified defensive structure [syn: stronghold, fastness]
Definition of 'Fastness'
From: GCIDE
- Fastness \Fast"ness\, n. [AS. f[ae]stnes, fr. f[ae]st fast. See Fast, a.]
- 1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. [1913 Webster]
- All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The state of being fast or swift. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Fastness'
- Fast,
- Fast by,
- Fasted,
- Fasting,
- Fastly,
- very fast,
- Fast and loose,
- Fast beside,
- Fast day,
- Fast liver,
- Fast pulley,
- Fasting day,
- Hard and fast,
- Head fast,
- Stern fast,
- To break fast,
- To make fast,
- To stand fast,
- Tub fast,
- fast asleep,
- fast break,
- fast buck,
- fast dye,
- fast food,
- fast lane,
- fast of ab,
- fast of av,
- fast of esther,
- fast of gedaliah,
- fast of tammuz,
- fast of tevet,
- fast of the firstborn,
- fast one,
- fast reactor,
- fast track,
- hold fast,
- stand fast,
- Fast and loose pulleys,
- Fast-handed,
- To break one's fast,
- acid-fast,
- fast time scale,
- fast-breaking,
- fast-flying,
- fast-footed,
- fast-growing,
- fast-paced,
- hard-and-fast,
- major fast day,
- minor fast day,
- pull a fast one,
- pull a fast one on