'Fastened' definitions:
Definition of 'fastened'
From: WordNet
adjective
Firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt" [ant: unfastened]
adjective
Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike [syn: buttoned, fastened] [ant: unbuttoned, unfastened]
adjective
Fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn: tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied]
Definition of 'Fastened'
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 'fastened'
From: GCIDE
- fastened \fastened\ adj.
- 1. affixed. Opposite of unaffixed.
- Syn: secured. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. secured against opening; -- of doors, hatches, etc.
- Syn: latched. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'fastened'
From: Moby Thesaurus