Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.
- 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 To become attached, fixed, or joined.
- intransitive verb To close or join in a particular manner.
- intransitive verb To focus one's sight or attention on something.
- intransitive verb To select something by close attention.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from 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 obsolete 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 to look upon steadily without cessation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
attach orconnect in a secure manner.
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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
In Praise of Joe Dolce Newmania 2006
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9 To supplement a ring tape, magnitude in as good as symbol upon a behind where a fasten is to be located.
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9 To supplement a ring tape, magnitude in as good as symbol upon a behind where a fasten is to be located.
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Her mother came in, half an hour later, to "fasten" her.
Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1907
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Dey's lots of cane here, an 'you an' me kin twis 'canes one over de other like de splits in a cha'r bottom, an' dat way, when we gits a dozen big squars of it made, as big both ways as the canes is long, we kin lay 'em on top o 'one an' other, an 'fasten 'em togedder wid bamboos, an' it'll be a fust-rate raft.
The Big Brother A Story of Indian War George Cary Eggleston 1875
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Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts now.
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Well, make sure you fasten your seatbelt and be quiet.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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Fanny packs, small bags that fasten around the waist, are among the most reviled accessories in modern culture, carrying inevitable associations with "scary American tourists at the Louvre," says designer Isaac Mizrahi.
With Fanny Packs on the Runway, Can Mom Jeans Be Far Behind? Rachel Dodes 2011
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In front of the parliament tey will fasten ties at fense and will make a wish Saakashvili to resign.
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