Fast vs Milk - What's the difference?
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(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
* Spenser
(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".)
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
(computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
* Shakespeare
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
* Francis Bacon
(colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved .
(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
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(British, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
(archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
To abstain from food, or eat very little, especially for religious or medical reasons.
* Bible, 2 Sam. xii. 21
* Milton
* 2007 , John Zerzan, Silence , p. 3,
The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food
The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food
* Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.
(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
# The lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, and including the addition of limited amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, and other carriers or flavoring ingredients identified as safe and suitable.
(countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
(uncountable) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as soy beans, coconuts, almonds, rice, oats. Also called non-dairy milk .
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
(uncountable, slang) semen
To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
* Shakespeare
To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
To express any liquid (from any creature).
(figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to take advantage of (a situation).
* London Spectator
As verbs the difference between fast and milk
is that fast is while milk is to express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).As a noun milk is
(uncountable) a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young from certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.fast
English
(wikipedia fast)Etymology 1
From (etyl) fast, from (etyl) ; see it for cognates and further etymology. The development of “rapid” from an original sense of “secure” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare (hard) in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related .Adjective
(er)- That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast !
- outlaws lurking in woods and fast places
- I am going to buy a fast car.
- all this while in a most fast sleep
- All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast .
- Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.
- She's fast – she slept with him on their first date. .
- There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast .
Synonyms
* (occurring or happening within a short time) quick, rapid, speedy, swift * (capable of moving with great speed) quick, rapid, speedy * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) ahead * (rapidly consents to sexual activity) easy, slutty * (firmly or securely fixed in place) firm, immobile, secure, stable, stuck, tight * (firm against attack) fortified, impenetrable * colour-fast * deep, soundAntonyms
* (occurring or happening within a short time) slow * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) slow, behind * (firmly or securely fixed in place) loose * (firm against attack) penetrable, weak * lightDerived terms
* bedfast * chairfast * fasten (rapid) * fast and furious * fast food * fast-forwardAdverb
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Synonyms
* (quickly) quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly * (in a firm or secure manner) firmly, securely, tightly * deeply * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) aheadAntonyms
* (quickly) slowly * (in a firm or secure manner) loosely * lightly * (ahead of the correct time or schedule) behindNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (rail transport) express, express train, fast trainAntonyms
* (rail transport) local, slow train, stopperInterjection
(en interjection)Antonyms
* (archery) looseEtymology 2
From (etyl) fasten, from (etyl) . The noun is probably from (etyl) fasta.Verb
(en verb)- Muslims fast during Ramadan.
- Thou didst fast and weep for the child.
- Fasting' he went to sleep, and ' fasting waked.
- It is at the core of the Vision Quest, the solitary period of fasting and closeness to the earth to discover one's life path and purpose.
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (act or practice) fastingDerived terms
* break one's fast * breakfast * fast dayStatistics
*Anagrams
* * * English contranyms English terms with multiple etymologies 1000 English basic words ----milk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . (Cognates) Cognate with (etyl) .Noun
- Table three ordered three milks'''.'' (Formally: ''The guests at table three ordered three glasses of '''milk . )
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?&
- 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande ' mylk .
Quotations
* 2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition , National Public Radio *: there's going to be that much less milk' available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid ' milk or whether it's cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.Derived terms
* almond milk * breast milk * chocolate milk * coconut milk * condensed milk * cowmilk, cow milk * evaporated milk * flavored milk, flavoured milk * homogenized milk * milkaholic * milk bar * milk bottle * milk chocolate * milk fever * milk float * milkmaid * milkman * milk of magnesia * milk pan * milk powder * milk product * milkshake * milk tooth * milky * Milky Way * nut milk * oat milk * rice milk * semi-skimmed milk * skimmed milk, skim milk * soy milk * whole milkReferences
*FDA standard of identity for "milk".
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- The farmer milked his cows.
- I have given suck, and know / How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me.
- to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
- When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
- They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.