Meaning of "fast"

fast •

adj.
• • 1. quick, rapid, swift: matulin, mabilis
  • 2. showing time ahead of the real time: adelantado
  • 3. too gay or wild: magulo
  • 4. does not fade (for colors): hindi kumukupas, walang kupas

v.
• • to go without food, to eat very little: mag-ayuno, magkulasyon

n.
• • abstinence from food, partial or total: ayuno, pag-aayuno, kulasyon, pagkukulasyon

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mushroom

n.
• • a small fungus shaped like an umbrella that grows very fast: kabute

rain

n.
• • 1. water falling in drops from the clouds: ulan
  • 2. the fall of rain: ulan, pag-ulan
  • 3. light rain or a shower: ambon
  • 4. light but continuous rain: ulang tikatik
  • 5. a thick, fast fall of anything: ulan

v.
• • 1. to fall in drops of water: umulan
  • 2. to send like rain: magpaulan, paulanan
  • 3. to fall like rain: pumatak na parang ulan, umulan

quick

adj.
• • 1. fast: mabilis, bigla
  • 2. swift, brisk, rapid: matulin, mabilis
  • 3. prompt, done in a short time: madali, mabilis
  • 4. quick in movement, active: maliksi
  • 5. lively: masigla
  • 6. mentally sharp: alisto, listo/a
  • 7. impulsive, impatient, hasty: pabigla-bigla, di mahinahon, mainipin adv. quickly: dali, dali-dali, madali

jail

n.
• • prison: bilangguan, bilibid, piitan, kulungan, kalaboso, preso

v.
• • to put in jail: magbilanggo, mabilanggo, ibilanggo, magbilibid, mabilibid, ibilibid, magkalabos, makalabos, ikalabos jam (1)

v.
• • 1. to press or squeeze tightly between surfaces (commonly used in the passive): maipit, mapasingit
  • 2. to push or thrust a thing hard into a place: magsiksik, isiksik, siksikan, magpasak, ipasak, pasakan
  • 3. to become caught so that it cannot work, as a machine, stick fast: magpalya, pumalya
  • 4. to fill or block up the way by crowding: magbara, bumara, makabara, mabarahan, barahan, humarang, makaharang, maharangan, harangan

stick

n.
• • 1. a long, thin piece of wood: kahoy
  • 2. a piece of split bamboo: patpat
  • 3. a walking stick: baston, tungkod
  • 4. a stick used to beat another: bambo, pambambo, batuta baton

v.
• • 1. to stab, to pierce with a pointed instrument: tumusok, magtusok, itusok, tusukin, magduro, iduro, dumuro, duruin
  • 2. to fasten, to attach: magdikit, idikit, dikitan
  • 3. to become fastened: dumikit, madikit, magkadikit, kumapit
  • 4. to keep on, to hold fast: manatili, panatilihin, mamalagi, pamalagiin, magpatuloy, ipagpatuloy
  • 5. to stick out: umusli, pausliin, iusli, lumabas, palabasin, ilabas, maglawit, ilawit

tenacious

adj.
• • 1. holding fast (in a physical or material sense): mahigpit kumapit (kumagat)
  • 2. stubborn, persistent, holding fast (in a moral sense): matigas, mahigpit
  • 3. retentive, as applied to memory, able to remember: matatandain, mahusay (magaling) ang memorya
  • 4. holding fast together: nagkakaisa-isa, magkakadikit

race

n.
• • 1. a running contest: takbuhan, patulinan, karera
  • 2. a run: takbo
  • 3. races, horse races: karera (ng mga kabayo)
  • 4. people having the same ancestry: lahi
  • 5. people having the same status: lipi
  • 6. a contest: labanan

v.
• • 1. to run: tumakbo
  • 2. to run a race: magkarera, makipagkarera, magtakbuhan, makipagtakbuhan
  • 3. to make something run fast: magpatulin, patulinin, magpatakbo (patakbuhin) nang matulin
  • 4. to move fast: magtumulin

swift

adj.
• • moving very fast, coming suddenly or quickly, quick rapid: matulin, mabilis adv. swiftly: mabilis, matulin

n.
• • a small bird with long wings: layang-layang

pepper

n.
• • 1. a seasoning powder with a hot taste: paminta
  • 2. a hollow red or green vegetable that is cut into pieces and used in pickles: sili

v.
• • 1. to hit with small objects sent thick and fast: magpaulan, paulanan
  • 2. to season with pepper (in powder): magpaminta, pamintahan

pin

n.
• • 1. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other for fastening things together: aspili, ispili
  • 2. a decorative pin: alpiler
  • 3. a badge with a pin or clasp to fasten it to the clothing: tsapa
  • 4. anything that fastens: ipit
  • 5. hair pin: panuksok, ipit sa buhok
  • 6. a safety pin: imperdible, perdible
  • 7. a peg made of wood or metal: talasok
  • 8. a bowling pin: bulilyo

v.
• • 1. to fasten with a pin, to put a pin through: mag-aspili, aspilihan, iaspili
  • 2. to hold fast in one position: umipit, mag-ipit, ipitin, dumagan, magdagan, daganan
  • 3. on pins and needles (very anxious and uneasy): hindi mapalagay, balisa

n.
• • brooch

tulin

adj.
• • matulin (ma-) fast, swift, rapid

lakad

n.
• • a person's destination when preparing to make a trip or when preparing to leave

v.
• • lumakad (-um-) to walk, to leave on a trip, to set out for. Lumakad ka nang mabilis. Walk fast. maglakad (mag-) to walk (not ride in a vehicle), to walk frequently. Maglakad na lang tayo. Let's just walk. ilakad, lakarin (i-,-in) to peddle, to take care of. Ilakad mo ang pagtaas ng katungkulan ko sa kaniya. Have him take care of my promotion. makalakad (maka-) to be able to walk

liksi

adj.
• • maliksi (ma-) fast, active

bilis

n.
• • speed

adj.
• • mabilis (ma-) speedy, rapid, fast, swift bilisan (-an)

v.
• • to make fast, hurry, speed up. Bilisan mo ang takbo ng kotse. Drive the car faster.

sanay

adj.
• • skilled, experienced magsanay, sanayin (mag-:-in) to practice, to exercise, to rehearse, to get used to. Magsanay kang lumakad nang mabilis. You better get used to walking fast.

dikta

v.
• • magdikta, idikta (mag-:i-) to dictate. Huwag kang magdikta ng mabilis para hindi ako mahirapan. Don't dictate fast so I won't have a hard time catching up.

tibok

v.
• • tumibok (-um-) to throb, to pulsate, to beat. Tumibok ang kanyang puso nang nakita niya ang kanyang mahal. Her heart beat fast when she saw her lover.

gasta

v.
• • gumasta, maggasta, gastahin (-um-,mag-:-in) to spend, to expend. Malakas siyang gumasta ng pera. He spends money fast.

tugtog

v.
• • tumugtog, tugtugin (-um:-in) to play music, to play on an instrument. Tumugtog ang banda ng mabilis na musika. The band played fast music. Tugtugin mo sa piyano ang 'Dahil sa Iyo'. Play 'Dahil sa Iyo' on the piano.