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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security."
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
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"ref": "1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica”, in R[obert] C[harles] Dallas, The History of the Maroons, from Their Origin to the Establishment of Their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone: […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O. Rees, →OCLC, page xxxviii",
"text": "[T]he ſlaves that yet remained in the faſtneſſes of Jamaica, attached to the Spaniſh, and hoſtile to the Engliſh ſettlers, continued to be troubleſome, and at times formidable.",
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"ref": "1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine",
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"ref": "1954 October 11, “Assault on the Summit: The Conquerors' Account”, in Life, volume 37, number 15, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33",
"text": "On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fastness.",
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"ref": "1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam’s Finest Hour, Milwaukee, Wis.: Kalmbach Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 60",
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"ref": "2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 116",
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"(also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold."
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"The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity."
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity."
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"countable",
"uncountable"
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.",
"The ability of a dye to withstand fading."
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[
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[
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.",
"(specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading."
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"ref": "1959 September 13, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sunday, comic strip, page 251",
"text": "[Frog:] Why are all of us fleein'? What dire peril threatens our sylvan fastness?\n[Bug:] Just run! Your fastness shouldn't be too slow.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness."
],
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness."
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"uncountable"
]
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits."
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"state",
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[
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits."
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"countable",
"uncountable"
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"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English uncountable nouns"
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security."
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security."
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"uncountable"
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"English uncountable nouns"
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"The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity."
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"(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).",
"(obsolete) The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity."
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"uncountable"
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"ref": "1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica”, in R[obert] C[harles] Dallas, The History of the Maroons, from Their Origin to the Establishment of Their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone: […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O. Rees, →OCLC, page xxxviii",
"text": "[T]he ſlaves that yet remained in the faſtneſſes of Jamaica, attached to the Spaniſh, and hoſtile to the Engliſh ſettlers, continued to be troubleſome, and at times formidable.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine",
"text": "[…] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West.",
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{
"ref": "1954 October 11, “Assault on the Summit: The Conquerors' Account”, in Life, volume 37, number 15, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33",
"text": "On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fastness.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam’s Finest Hour, Milwaukee, Wis.: Kalmbach Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 60",
"text": "Their mission in life was to tote bituminous coal out of the mountain fastness of West Virginia and move it west to the gateways of Deepwater, Columbus and Toledo and east to tidewater at Hampton Roads.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 116",
"text": "I have many servants in my mountain fastness, and all the riches I could dream of.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).",
"A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold."
],
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"stronghold",
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"(countable) Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).",
"(also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold."
],
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"figuratively",
"uncountable"
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"(countable) Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfæs(t)-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"General-American"
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ability of a dye to withstand fading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "solidità"
},
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ukreplenie",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "укрепление"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Feste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Festung"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "daingen"
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{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "doon"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fæstnes"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "citadélʹ",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цитаде́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krépostʹ",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кре́пость"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplót",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "опло́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tverdýnja",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тверды́ня"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kalatra",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "कलत्र"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fortified or secure place — see also fortress, stronghold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "daingneach"
}
],
"word": "fastness"
}
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