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sell:

The noun sell has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)

1. sell -- (the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell")

The verb sell has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (73) sell -- (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit")
2. (12) sell -- (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes")
3. (5) sell -- (persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers")
4. (4) deal, sell, trade -- (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes")
5. (2) sell -- (give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career")
6. sell -- (be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles")
7. sell -- (be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products")
8. betray, sell -- (deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country")

car:

The noun car has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (71) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar -- (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work")
2. (2) car, railcar, railway car, railroad car -- (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails")
3. car, gondola -- (the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant)
4. car, elevator car -- (where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor")
5. cable car, car -- (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain")

fast:

The noun fast has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) fast, fasting -- (abstaining from food)

The verb fast has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fast -- (abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent")
2. fast -- (abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast")

The adj fast has 10 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (18) fast -- (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car")
2. fast -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast")
3. fast -- (at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot")
4. fast -- ((of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay")
5. fast -- (resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors")
6. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women")
7. flying, quick, fast -- (hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit")
8. fast, firm, immobile -- (securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car")
9. firm, loyal, truehearted, fast -- (unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends")
10. fast -- ((of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens")

The adv fast has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (16) fast -- (quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters")
2. (1) fast, tight -- (firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight")

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