2006-10-26 21:23:29 · 8 answers · asked by jenkster 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Fast as in "Fast"end as in fastened tightly. Hold fast. meaning strongly or well as much as speed.
2006-10-26 21:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word "fast" was used primarily in times past with the meaning of "firm" or "secure". Thus "fast asleep" means "sound asleep" and "stuck fast" means "firmly embedded". It's only in modern times that we've become obsessed with speed. The word "quick", for instance, used to have the primary meaning of "alive" or "living".
2006-10-26 23:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it describes the rate in which the concluding state evolved
asleep is a process
stuck (sticking is a process)
processes require time to complete
how fast were these processes completed?
"fast" asleep (didnt take long)
"stuck" fast (didnt take long)
let me give you an easy example:
(I am driving, I turn and tell you)
"I stopped as fast as i could."
to bring a moving car to a stop requires some amount of time.
bringing a car to a stop can be done slowly (tapping the brake).
or fast (slamming on the brakes)
wheres the speed? "as fast as i could"
exceptions in meaning
State >> fasten >> secured, close, tightened
- fasten your seatbelt (secure)
- fasten the lid (closure)
- fasten the bolt (tighten)
Rate >> fast >> quickly, speedily
faster than lightning (speed)
lightning fast (quickly)
2006-10-26 21:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by oracle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing to do with speed. It's just another meaning for the word 'fast'. There are lots of words with different meanings, like 'stick' 'will' 'can' 'left'.
2006-10-26 21:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't - "fast" simply has two definitions, one for speed, the other for firm or secure.
2006-10-26 21:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ciaoenrico 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Take a look at Command Center:
2006-10-26 21:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by in6flame 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nothing
2006-10-26 21:24:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
quickly????????????
2006-10-26 21:25:03 · answer #8 · answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋