Fasten
/ˈfɑːsn̩/ verb
verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To attach or connect in a secure manner. ambitransitive
"The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch."
- 2 make tight or tighter wordnet
- 3 To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
"to fasten a blow"
- 4 attach to wordnet
- 5 cause to be firmly attached wordnet
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- 6 become fixed or fastened wordnet
Example
More examples"As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts."
Etymology
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.