English > fasten: 4 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Cause to be firmly attached. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Example | "fasten the lock onto the door" |
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| Synonyms | fix, secure |
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| Cause to | fasten | Become fixed or fastened |
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| Entailed by | lace, lace up | Draw through eyes or holes |
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| seal | Close with or as if with a seal |
| tie down, tie up, bind, truss | Secure with or as if with ropes |
| Narrower | anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor | Secure a vessel with an anchor |
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| anchor, ground | Fix firmly and stably |
| bar | Secure with, or as if with, bars |
| belay | Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat |
| belay | Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him |
| belt | fasten with a belt |
| bight | Fasten with a bight |
| bind, bandage | wrap / wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose |
| bitt | Secure with a bitt |
| brad | Fasten with brads |
| brooch, clasp | Fasten with or as if with a brooch |
| buckle, clasp | Fasten with a buckle or buckles |
| button | Fasten with buttons |
| cable | Fasten with a cable |
| cement | Bind or join with or as if with cement |
| chain | Fasten or secure with chains |
| chock | Secure with chocks |
| cinch, girth | Tie a cinch around |
| clamp | Fasten or fix with a clamp |
| cleat | Secure on a cleat |
| clinch | flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) |
| clinch | Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts |
| coapt | fit tightly and fasten |
| cramp | Secure with a cramp |
| crank | Fasten with a crank |
| entrench, intrench | Fix firmly or securely |
| garter | Fasten with or as if with a garter |
| grout | Bind with grout |
| hang, hang up | Cause to be hanging or suspended |
| hang | place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction |
| hasp | Secure or lock with a hasp |
| hook | Fasten with a hook |
| joggle | Fasten or join with a joggle |
| joint | Fasten with a joint |
| latch | Fasten with a latch / latch |
| lock | Fasten with a lock |
| lock up | Secure by locking |
| lodge, wedge, stick, deposit | Put, fix, force, or implant |
| moor | Secure with cables or ropes |
| moor, berth, tie up | Secure in or as if in a berth or dock |
| noose | Secure with a noose |
| picket | Fasten with a picket |
| pin | attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins |
| rig | Connect or secure to |
| rivet | Fasten with a rivet or rivets |
| rope up | attach to one another, for safety |
| sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| spike | Secure with spikes |
| stake | Tie or fasten to a stake |
| staple | Secure or fasten with a staple or staples |
| stay | Fasten with stays |
| strap | Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap |
| string | string together |
| tack | Fasten with tacks |
| tie, bind | Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord |
| toggle | Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle |
| velcro | Fasten with Velcro |
| wire | Fasten with wire |
| zip up, zipper, zip | Close with a zipper |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
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| Opposite | unfasten | Cause to become undone |
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| Spanish | asegurar, concertar, fijar, reparar, sujetar, unir |
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| Catalan | assegurar, concertar, fixar, reparar |
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| Nouns | fastener | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
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| fastener | a person who fastens or makes fast |
| fastening | the act of fastening things together |
