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verb

Fasten v. t. (past & past part. fastened; pres. part. fastening)

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.

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. "The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them."

3.

To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. (Obs.) "If I can fasten but one cup upon him."

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.

Synonyms: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.

Fasten v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. "A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish."

adjective

fastened adj.

1.

Affixed. Opposite of unaffixed.

Synonyms: secured.

2.

Secured against opening; of doors, hatches, etc.

Synonyms: latched.

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Etymology of 'Fastened'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fastened" Quotes from Famous Books

... united effort they shoved over the rock. It thundered down upon the unfortunate Wolf with an accuracy which spoke well for the eyes and hands of the lovers. The man was crushed horribly. The two above scrambled down, laughing, and Yellow Hair took from the dead Wolf a necklace of claws and fastened it ...

— The Wolf's Long Howl • Stanley Waterloo

... which were kept for the services, they carried it on their shoulders for a quarter of a mile from the place where it had stood, "without any resistance of the said idol." There setting it on the ground, they struck a light, fastened the tapers to the body, and with the help of them, sacrilegiously burnt the image down to a heap of ashes; the old dry wood "blazing so brimly," that it lighted them a full mile ...

— The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) • James Anthony Froude

... succession several unusual circumstances. The surface of the coffin upon which his eyes were fastened was not flat; it presented two distinct ridges, one longitudinal and the other transverse. Where these intersected at the widest part there was a corroded metallic plate that reflected the moonlight ...

— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • Ambrose Bierce

... house, and even a small wooden house, did not mean then what it means now; an abode of Irish washerwomen, or of something still less distinguished. Yet Esther startled a little at the thought of bringing her father and herself to inhabit it. Christopher had the key; and he fastened Buonaparte, and let Esther in, and went all over the house with her. It was in order, truly, as its owner had said; even clean; and nothing was off the hinges or wanting paint or needing plaster. 'Right and tight' it was, and ...

— A Red Wallflower • Susan Warner

... length of the tub from outside to outside is made to measure about five feet ten inches, the back-rest fitted in at a proper slant will bring the inside of the tub to about the right length for an average male adult. All around the upper edge of the tub runs a wooden coping, which must not be fastened down however until all the attachments for conducting the current are in situ. Along that portion of the top of the tub where required—and this will depend on the situation of the binding posts presently to be ...

— The Electric Bath • George M. Schweig

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