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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs fast, quicken and quick which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fast
  1. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]
  2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
  3. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".) [from 10th c.]
  4. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]
  5. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
  6. (computing) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
  7. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). [16th-19th c.]
  8. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]
  9. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
  10. (colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. [from 18th c.]
  11. Ahead of the correct time or schedule. [from 19th c.]
  12. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. [from 20th c.]
  13. Synonyms:
      14. quick, rapid, accelerated, brisk, express, nimble, swift, breakneck, fleet, high-speed, speedy, blistering, expeditious, expeditive, fast-moving, fleet-footed, hasty, sprightly, up-tempo, hypersonic, lightning, meteoric, nippy, snappy, supersonic, velocious, zippy, flat-out, mercurial, rapid-fire, rattling, turbo, spanking, ultrafast, ultrarapid, volant, winged, flying, whirlwind, galloping, dizzy, hot, splitting, breathless, sudden, hurried, prompt, instant, immediate, abrupt … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “We need a mode of transportation that can move at a fast pace.”
      “Let's just have a fast break and we can then resume this meeting.”
      “Ari made a fast decision to turn his car around and look for Lloyd at the club.”
quick
  1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
  2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
  3. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
  4. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
  5. Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
  6. (archaic) Alive, living.
  7. (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
  8. Of water: flowing.
  9. Burning, flammable, fiery.
  10. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
  11. (vein) productive; not "dead" or barren
  12. Synonyms:
      13. fast, swift, speedy, brisk, rapid, nimble, fleet, lively, nippy, breakneck, flying, lightning, sprightly, cracking, whirlwind, zippy, hasty, high-speed, spirited, active, animated, blistering, breathless, dizzy, energetic, fast-track, fleet-footed, galloping, hot, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, splitting, agile, spry, tantivy, vivacious, volant, accelerated, expeditive, harefooted, fast-moving, express, meteoric, expeditious, hurried, mercurial, supersonic, vigorous, alacritous … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “Michael was a quick swimmer whose talents in the pool were identified from a young age.”
      “From the airport, it will just be a quick cab ride to the city.”
      “He was recognized as a driven worker and his rise to the top was quick.”
quicksome
  1. Marked by quickness; swift; nimble
faster
  1. comparative form of fast: more fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accelerated, hastened, quicker, quick, fast-tracked, sped up, hurried up, speeded up, quickened up, speeded … more
quicke
  1. Obsolete spelling of quick
quickish
  1. Somewhat quick.
quicksmart
  1. Quick.
quicker
  1. comparative form of quick: more quick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accelerated, hastened, faster, quick, fast-tracked, sped up, hurried up, speeded up, quickened up, speeded … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Confronted by quicker, strong defensive players, quarterbacks with legs have a better opportunity to find ways to make plays.”
      “Amazingly both cars are as fast as each other, with the diesel car accelerating just a bit quicker than the petrol.”
      “School children absorbed information much quicker than adults and the success of the project was very much dependent on this.”
quickest
  1. superlative form of quick: most quick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. short, direct, shortest, straight, express, linear, beeline, continuous, uninterrupted, undeviating, contiguous, unswerving, nonstop, bee-line, non-stop, straight line, straight through, straight-through, through, unbroken, straightforward, straight ahead, horizontal, not crooked, right, even, true, straightaway, rectilinear, unbent, uncurving, uncurled, unbending, lineal, as straight as an arrow, like an arrow, in a line … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Town halls should discuss the quickest way to redeploy the national guard units in their neighborhoods.”
      “I sit next to the quickest, the brightest, most well-read, most entertaining, most brilliant man.”
      “Craig published several more papers on the logarithmic curve, the curve of quickest descent and quadrature of figures.”
fastest
  1. superlative form of fast: most fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. quickest, briskest, nimblest, swiftest, fleetest, speediest, hastiest, sprightliest, nippiest, snappiest, zippiest, most rapid, most accelerated, most express, most breakneck, most high-speed, most blistering, most expeditious, most expeditive, most hypersonic, most meteoric, most velocious, most mercurial, most rapid-fire, most rattling, most ultrafast, briefest, shortest, least, shortest-lived, shortest-term, most momentary, most prompt, most temporary, rashest, most hurried, most precipitate, most rushed, most cursory, most sudden, most abrupt, most impetuous, most slapdash, most alacritous … more
fasted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstained from food, went hungry, gone hungry, abstained, denied oneself food, ate nothing, eaten nothing, went without food, gone without food, refrained from eating, refrained from food, starved oneself, denied oneself, dieted, macerated, refrained, starved, starf, storven, famished, forbore, forborne, practised abstention, not ate, went on hunger strike, gone on hunger strike … more
fasting
  1. present participle of fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstaining from food, going hungry, abstaining, denying oneself food, eating nothing, going without food, refraining from eating, refraining from food, starving oneself, denying oneself, dieting, macerating, refraining, starving, famishing, forbearing, practising abstention, not eating, going on hunger strike … more
quickened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of quicken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. led, caused, brought on, brought about, gave rise to, produced, effected, created, engendered, generated, triggered, promoted, advanced, precipitated, prompted, contributed to, furthered, hastened, accelerated, initiated, provoked, occasioned, pushed forward, expedited, sped up, speeded up, induced, stirred up, sparked off, stimulated, helped, set off, added to, called forth, spurred, instigated, begat, begot, set in motion, put in motion, touched off, triggered off, drove, contributed, fomented, made happen, risked, aroused, elicited, brought to pass … more
quickening
  1. present participle of quicken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. exciting, thrilling, exhilarating, rousing, stirring, animating, enlivening, enthusing, stimulating, delighting, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, moving, elating, lifting, vitalizing, buoying, charging, electrifying, enrapturing, galvanizing, gladdening, gripping, heartening, intoxicating, pumping up, tickling, uplifting, bucking up, energising, energizing, envigorating, galvanising, gingering up, jazzing up, livening up, pepping up, perking up, picking up, stirring up, evoking, firing, getting going, giving someone a buzz, giving someone a charge, giving someone a kick, lighting a fire under, putting zip into, tickling someone pink … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The quickening rhythm of the music filled the room, energizing the dancers and infusing the atmosphere with an electrifying vitality.”
quicked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of quick
quicking
  1. present participle of quick
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