Fasten

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. i.
     To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
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           A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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              The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
              service of many successions of parties, with very
              different ideas fastened to them.     --Swift.
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     3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
        as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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              If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fasten
       v 1: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the
            door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: {fix}, {secure}]
            [ant: {unfasten}]
       2: become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"
          [ant: {unfasten}]
       3: attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
       4: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: {tighten}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "fasten":
     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