Fasten

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  • intransitive verb. To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make fast or secure.
  • intransitive verb. To close or connect securely, as with a lock or other device.
  • intransitive verb. To fix or direct steadily.
  • intransitive verb. To place; attribute.
  • intransitive verb. To impose (oneself) without welcome.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To become attached, fixed, or joined.
  • intransitive verb. To close or join in a particular manner.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To focus one's sight or attention on something.
  • intransitive verb. To select something by close attention.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make fast; cause to adhere; join, connect, or attach firmly; fix or secure in place or position by any physical means: as, to fasten a door with a lock, bolt, or chain; to fasten boards together with nails or screws, or by mortise and tenon; to fasten clothing with buttons, pins, clasps, etc.
  • Figuratively, to attach or unite by any connecting link or agency; connect or join firmly in general: as, to fasten a nickname or a charge upon one; to fasten one's hope on a promise.
  • To make firm or stable; establish; confirm; clench: as, to fasten a bargain.
  • To lay on; cause to reach.
  • = Syn 1 and To bind, attach, tie, link, affix, annex.
  • To become fast or fixed; become attached or firmly joined; close firmly.
  • To take firm hold; cling: generally with on.
  • noun. A Middle English form of fast.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
  • transitive verb. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.
  • transitive verb. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means
  • transitive verb. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on.
  • transitive verb. to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. to look upon steadily without cessation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. become fixed or fastened
  • verb. make tight or tighter
  • verb. attach to
  • verb. cause to be firmly attached
  • Word Usage
    "It is a good job I have a sense of humour, was almost going to send you the number of a good tailor that has a line in jackets that fasten from the back"
    cross-reference
    attach  hold  impose  keep  
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attach  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Masson  assassin  bason  classon  fason  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ankle  braid  buckle  clamp  cord  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    address  adhere  affix  affix  aim  
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