Fasten

Definition: Fasten

Fasten

Verb

1. Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man".

2. Become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back".

3. Attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other".

4. Make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fasten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Fasten

Discord

Split; break with, break squares with, part company with; declare war, try conclusions; join issue, put in issue; pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on; sow dissension, stir up dissension; Noun: embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach; set at odds, set together by the ears; set against, pit against.

Junction

Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span.

Pendency

Suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

Restraint

Enchain; fasten; (join); fetter, shackle; entrammel; bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot; swathe, swaddle; pin down, tether; picket; tie down, tie up; secure; forge fetters; disable, hamstring (incapacitate).

Stability

Settle, establish, stablish, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten; (join); set on its legs, float; perpetuate.

Taking

Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.

Thought

Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.

Crosswords: Fasten

German (fast, lenten fast).

Fasten your seatbelts (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz.)

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Books

• De Ieiunio I,II: Zwei Predigten Uber Das Fasten Nach Basileios Von Kaisareia (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Vol 6) (reference)

• Fasten It! (reference)

• Fasten on Fuzzy Friends (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Man kneeling to fasten bag. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Then he undid the chain, and showed her how to fasten it round her neck, and to hide it away under the edge of her frock

*(4) Fasten the rope

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Expressions using "fasten": fasten a blame upon smb. ♦ fasten a nickname upon smb. ♦ fasten a quarrel upon smb. ♦ fasten by pinning ♦ fasten down ♦ fasten in ♦ fasten on ♦ fasten one's eyes on smb. ♦ fasten one's seat belt ♦ fasten one's seatbelt ♦ fasten oneself ♦ fasten onto smb. ♦ fasten seat belts ♦ fasten seat belts! ♦ fasten to ♦ fasten up ♦ fasten upon ♦ fasten with a buckle ♦ fasten with latch ♦ fasten with nails ♦ To fasten ♦ to fasten a charge upon ♦ to fasten a crime upon ♦ To fasten one's eyes upon. Additional references.

Afrikaans

vasstel (affix, attach, determine, fix, make, make fast, secure), vasmaak (affix, attach, determine, fix, make, make fast, secure), bepaal (affix, attach, command, confine, define, determine, fix, limit, make, make fast, order, qualify, restrict, secure, set, set conditions, stipulate, tell), aandraai (tighten, turn, turn on), aanbind (moor, tie, tie on). (various references)

Albanian

fiksoj (affix, arrange, assign, clinch, fix, freeze, hang, impress, Mount, nail, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, settle, stabilize), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wind up, wrap up), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), lidh (articulate, associate, bend, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, lace, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, respect, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite), kapem (cling, hitch, hold on, hold on to, tussle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لصق (affix, cement, fix, glue, gum, paste, patch, post, splice, stick, stick down, unite), ‏قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten), ‏حكم (administer, administration, arbiter, arbitration, ascendancy, authority, award, control, decide, decision, deliverance, determination, dispensation, doom, fastening, find, finding, govern, hand down, judge, judgement, judgment, opinion, reckon, referee, regimen, rule, ruling, run, sway, umpire, verdict), ‏زرر (button, button up, do up), ‏إنغلق بإحكام, ‏أمسك بإحكام (clinch), ‏ألقى (cast, cast down, deliver, dump, lay down, lot, recite, set down, shift, throw, throw down), ‏أوثق (bind, bond, grapple, moor, pinion), ‏أصبح محكما (catch), ‏ركز (center, centre, compress, concentrate, condense, distil, fix, focus). (various references)

Basque

lotu (fasten to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скачвам (couple, link), втвърдявам (cake, calcify, concrete, congeal, cure, firm, fix, harden, indurate, knit, set, solidify), насочвам (aim, bring round, guide, launch, lay, level, point at, present, refer, ride at, set, set on, shape, sight, steer), закрепям (impact), заключвам (bolt, key, latch, lock, lock up, prison, screw up, shut, shut in), завързвам (bend, contract, gripe, knit, lash down, make fast, moor, secure, tie up). (various references)

Chinese 

綁住 (bind), �" (anxious, coarse silk), 紧固 (Fastened, Fastening). (various references)

Czech

zavřít (close, close down, coop up, imprison, pin, shut, shut down, turn off), zavírat se, zapnout (button up, flick, flick on, hook up, switch on, turn on), uzamknout, uvázat (moor, tie), upevnit (anchor, confine, consolidate, fix, forge, infix, make up, moor, picket, plant, plant in, rivet, secure, ship, solidify, Spike, steady, strengthen), přivázat (attach, bind, lash down, secure, stake, tether, tie up, tuck), připoutat (strap), připevnit (affix, attach, belay, brace, fix, Mount, pin, pin down, strap, tag, tail), převázat (dress, rope, tie). (various references)

Danish

befæste (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

Dutch

fixeren (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure), bevestigen (acknowledge, affirm, affix, assent, attach, confirm, corroborate, determine, fix, make fast, say yes, secure), bepalen (affix, attach, define, determine, fix, make fast, qualify, secure). (various references)

Esperanto

firmigi (affix, fix, secure), fiksi (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure), turni plipreme (tighten, turn, turn on), rigli (bolt). (various references)

Faeroese

festa (affix, attach, determine, employ, fix, hire, make fast, secure), steingja (bar, bolt, obstruct). (various references)

Finnish

kiinnittää (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

French

verrouiller, lier (to fasten), fixer (fastening, make fast), attacher (make fast). (various references)

Frisian

fêstdwaan (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure), ôfskoattelje (bolt, lock). (various references)

German

befestigen (affix, append, attach, clamp, confirm, consolidate, determine, fasten on, fix, fix down, fortify, make fast, pin, reinforce, secure, stick, tie up, to clamp, to fasten, to fortify, to mount, to pin, to secure). (various references)

Greek 

στερεώνω (batten, cement, consolidate, fix, set), δένω (bind, knot, lash, leash, strap on, thicken, tie, tie up, truss). (various references)

Hebrew 

לש� וץ (lace, strangle, tie, tighten), לאחות (darn, get together, join, patch, piece, piece together, stitch together), לאחוז (catch, connect, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, port, seize), לחזק (bolster, brace, buttress, consolidate, fortify, intensify, steady, strengthen, support), לאחז (hide, lock up), לכפתר (button), ל�"�"ק (brace, clasp, clip, constrict, make fast, snug, strain, tie, tighten), ל�"ברי�' (screw), לרכוס (buckle, button, zip, zip up), לצמ�" (conjugate, couple, link, pair off, twin), לסמור (bristle, nail, stiffen), ל� עוץ (fix upon, insert, spear, stab, stick, thrust). (various references)

Hungarian

rögzít (ascertain, fix, immobilize, stabilize, tie down, to anchor, to clog, to dung, to engrain, to ingrain, to lock, to make fast, to record, to secure, to tackle, to tie), megerõsít (approve, attach, beef up, brace, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, defilade, depose, fix, fortify, harden, homologate, man, reinforce, strengthen, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch), becsatol (belt, buckle up, to buckle). (various references)

Indonesian

mengandam (incarcerate, lock up, tie), mencocok (pin, prick, puncture, string), mencengkamkan, memancangkan (embed, stick in). (various references)

Italian

fissare (affix, appoint, arrange, assess, assign, attach, be fixed, bind, block, book, designate, destine, determine, establish, eye, fix, gaze, implant, make, make fast, make firm, name, peer, pin, pin down, plant, reserve, rivet, root, schedule, secure, set, settle, stare, stipulate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

付ける (to attach, to fasten, to glue, to join, to stick). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

が�"�'つける (to fasten one's eye on), くくる (to bundle, to fasten, to hang, to tie together, to tie up), しめる (to account for, to be damp, to be wet, to become wet, to close, to comprise, to constrict, to fasten, to hold, to make up, to occupy, to shut, to strangle, to tie), つなぎとめる (to fasten, to hitch, to tie), つなぐ (rigging, to connect, to fasten, to tie, to transfer), つける (to add, to affix, to append, to apply, to appraise, to attach, to bring alongside, to dip in, to establish, to fasten, to follow, to furnish, to give, to glue, to join, to keep, to keep a diary, to light up, to load, to make an entry, to moisten, to pickle, to place, to put, to put on, to set, to sew on, to shadow, to soak, to stick, to switch on, to turn on, to wear), あてがう (to allot, to fasten to, to supply with), ゆわえる (to bind, to fasten, to tie up), じょう�'おろす (to fasten a lock, to lock), じょう�'かける (to fasten a lock), とざす (to close, to fasten, to lock, to plunge, to shut), とめる (to detain, to fasten, to give shelter to, to halt, to lodge, to stop, to turn off). (various references)

Korean 

거십시�". (various references)

Manx

chionney (clench, cog, erection, grit, inflate, momentum, oblige, press, pressurize, pump up, put on, screw up, straighten, strain, tauten, tighten). (various references)

Maori

whakauu-ngia (to fasten). (various references)

Norwegian

fortøye (moor, tie, tie on), feste (celebrate, fix), lukke. (various references)

Occitan

estacar. (various references)

Pig Latin

astenfay.(various references)

Polish

ustalić (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure), umocować (affix, attach, determine, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

Portuguese

fixar (affix, allocate, append, appoint, assign, clench, cling to, define, determine, engrave, firm, fix, get caught on, impact, joggle, lodge, make fast, nail, pin, pitch, plant, put, record, rivet, root, secure, steady, tie). (various references)

Romanian

fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune). (various references)

Russian 

прикреплять (attach, tack). (various references)

Scottish

ceangail (bind, connect, join, tie, tie up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pričvrstiti (affix, attach, hitch, moor, nail, seal, stay). (various references)

Spanish

fijar (affix, allowance, arrange, assign, attach, bed, determine, fix, focus, make fast, name, pin up, plaster, post, post up, put up, schedule, secure, set, settle, take down, take to, take up, term), atar (attach, band, bind, brace, hitch, knot, lash, lash down, shackle, strand, tether, tie, tie back, tie down, tie on, tie together, tie up, truss, truss up, wad). (various references)

Swedish

fästa (affix, allfix, append, attach, cinch, commit, determine, fix, hitch, make fast, secure, stick, tag, tail), regla (bolt, latch), häfta (cop, fix, half, sew, stick), fastna (cling, fix, get caught, go in, jam, Lodge, stick, take). (various references)

Thai

ผูก (band, bind down, bind off, bound, ligate, ligature), ติ�" (fit, fix, jam). (various references)

Turkish

yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impose, impute, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, overlay, pin, pitch, plant, put, put down, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, hasp, infix, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), sabitlemek (fasten up, immobilize, stay), raptiyelemek (staple, tack), kopçalamak (clasp, hasp), kilitlemek (close, fasten up, fence in, interlock, key, key in, key on, lock, lock up, make fast, shut up, turn the key), iliklemek (button up, do up, loop), iliştirmek (affix, append, attach, buckle, buckle on, buckle up, enclose, inclose, subjoin), gözünü dikmek (fix, gaze, gaze at, gaze on, gaze upon, pore, pore over, stare), gözünü ayırmamak (fix, keep an eye on, rest on, stake in, stand over), birleşmek (affiliate, agree, ally, ally oneself, amalgamate, associate oneself, band together, be made one, coalesce, combine, confederate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, converge, couple, federate, fuze, gang, incorporate, inosculate, join, knit, knit up, link, make one, meld, merge, reunite, unite, weld), bağlanmak (adhere, attach, be attached to, be committed, be stuck on, be tied, be wedded to, cling, conjoin, connect, engage, hang, have down on smb., hitch, hold on, lace, Wed, yoke, yoke together), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed). (various references)

Turkmen 

цrklemek (leash), danmak (tie). (various references)

Ukrainian

скріпляти (anchor, annex, authenticate, brace, clamp, clip, hold together, put together, tie), тверднути (bake, brawn, cake, calcify, concrete, set, solidify), зв'язувати (apply, band, bind up, brace, cement, concatenate, couple, join, knit together, strap, tie, tie down, tie up), зміцнювати (afforce, back, consolidate, establish, recruit, re-enforce, steady, stiffen), замикатися, замикати (closet, crib, lock up, pen, shut in, sneck), піст (fasting, quadragesima). (various references)

Welsh

cliciedu (latch). (various references)

adfigat, adfigens, adfigentes, adfiget, adfigi, adfixerat, adfixerunt, adfixi, adfixit, aperis, api, apis, apta, aptari, aptas, aptasti, aptata, aptaverunt, aptavit, aptet, apti, aptum, aptus, circumligata, circumligatum, conectatur, conexum, conseres, conseretur, conservi, defigunt, defixae, defixi, defixisti, defixit, defixos, figam, figebant, figens, figent, figentes, figere, figet, figitur, fixa, fixam, fixerat, fixere, fixeris, fixeritis, fixerunt, fixi, fixis, fixit, fixum, fixus, infigar, infixa, infixae, infixit, infixitque, infixum, infixus, iniungetur, liga, ligabis, ligabisque, ligabunt, ligans, ligantes, ligare, ligari, ligat, ligata, ligatae, ligatas, ligati, ligatis, ligatum, ligatura, ligaturam, ligaturas, ligatus, ligaveris, ligaverunt, ligaveruntque, ligavit, ligavitque, ligemus, ligetur, necto, obdia, obdiam, obfirmo, pacti, pacto, pactum, pactus, pango, pepigeram, pepigerant, pepigerat, pepigi, pepigique, pepigisti, pepigit, pepigitque, religare. (various references)

relier, trusser. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "fasten": fastened, fastener, fasteners, fastening, fastenings, fastens. (additional references)

Words ending with "fasten": refasten, unfasten. (additional references)

Words containing "fasten": refastened, refastening, refastens, unfastened, unfastening, unfastens. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fasten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aften, Arsten, Baksteen, casten, Eastney, Fachen, falten, fantan, Fantin, fasen, faset, fasta, fastan, faste, fastel, fastene, fastet, fastex, fatan, faten, fatin, fazen, Felstein, festen, Festin, fiste, fistel, fistey, Fiston, fiten, Folten, Fonstein, fsten, fuste, gasten, Kasten, Vadstena, vasten. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: antes, etnas, fanes, fates, feast, feats, fetas, nates, neats, stane.

-2 letters: anes, ante, ants, ates, east, eats, efts, etas, etna, fane, fans, fast, fate, fats, feat, fens, feta, fets, neat, nest, nets, safe, sane, sate, seat, sent, seta, tans, teas, tens.

-3 letters: aft, ane, ant, ate, eat, efs, eft, ens, eta, fan, fas.

+1 letter: fainest, fanjets, fastens, fatness, fattens.

+2 letters: daftness, engrafts, fainters, faintest, fanciest, fantasie, fastened, fastener, fastness, fawniest, feasting, fenestra, flatness, flattens, frankest, infantes, inflates, manifest, raftsmen, refasten, seafront, transfer, unfasten, unsafety.

+3 letters: afferents, affluents, antefixes, conflates, craftsmen, draftsmen, faineants, faintness, falconets, fantasied, fantasies, fantasise, fantasize, fascinate, fasteners, fastening, fatnesses, fatteners, fattiness, fenestrae, fenestral, festinate, fetations, filaments, flagstone, flatlines, flaunters, fontanels, fragments, frontages, halftones, infestant, inflaters, manifesto, manifests, pantofles, refastens, safetying, safetyman, safetymen, seafronts, sulfonate, tiffanies, transfect, transfers, transfuse, unfairest, unfastens.