overfast en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + fast.
Meanings
- Too quick.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overfast | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overfast | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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overfast en · ADV
Etymology
From over- + fast.
Meanings
-
Too quickly.
1914-1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear MacDonald shook his head. “Man, you are surely travelling overfast,” said he. “I have heard no evidence yet that any stranger was ever in the house at all.”
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overfast | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overfast | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
overfast en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + fast.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To refrain from food to an excessive degree.
[…] overfasting could make a monk too exhausted to pray […]
2023, Jamie Kreiner, The Wandering Mind:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overfasts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overfasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overfasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overfasted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |