'Fasten' definitions:
Definition of 'fasten'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, fix, secure] [ant: unfasten]
verb
Become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" [ant: unfasten]
verb
Attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
verb
Make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten]
Definition of 'Fasten'
From: GCIDE
- Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See Fast, a.]
- 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. [1913 Webster]
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To fasten a charge upon or To fasten a crime upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
- To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4.
- Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fasten'
From: GCIDE
- Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. [1913 Webster]
- A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fasten'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- adhere,
- affix,
- aim,
- anchor,
- annex,
- apply,
- attach,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bed,
- belay,
- bind,
- bolt,
- bond,
- bridle,
- button,
- button up,
- catch,
- cement,
- chain,
- choke,
- choke off,
- cinch,
- clamp,
- clap,
- cleave,
- clinch,
- cling,
- close,
- close up,
- cohere,
- concenter,
- concentrate,
- connect,
- constrict,
- contain,
- contract,
- cover,
- cramp,
- devote,
- direct,
- embed,
- enchain,
- engraft,
- entrammel,
- establish,
- fasten down,
- fasten up,
- fetter,
- fix,
- fixate,
- focus,
- fold,
- fold up,
- fuse,
- graft,
- grapple,
- gyve,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- hang,
- hang up,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hook,
- hook up,
- hopple,
- implant,
- infix,
- join,
- key,
- knit,
- lash,
- latch,
- leash,
- link,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- lodge,
- make fast,
- make secure,
- make sure,
- manacle,
- moor,
- occlude,
- padlock,
- peg down,
- picket,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- plumb,
- point,
- put,
- put in irons,
- put to,
- put up,
- restrain,
- rivet,
- rope,
- screw up,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- set,
- set to,
- settle,
- shackle,
- shut,
- shut the door,
- shut up,
- slam,
- sling,
- snap,
- squeeze shut,
- stick,
- straitjacket,
- strangle,
- strap,
- suspend,
- tether,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- tighten,
- train,
- trammel,
- trice up,
- trim,
- turn,
- unite,
- wedge,
- zip up,
- zipper