As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
Source: tatoeba (1944)
Fasten
//ˈfɑːsn̩//
Synonyms for "fasten" (159 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (79)
hobblehog tiehog-tiehookhook uphoppleimplantinfixkeyknitknotlacelashlatchleashlinklocklock outlock uplodge
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make fastmake securemake suremanaclemoornailoccludepadlockpegpeg downpicketpin downpinionplumbpointputput in ironsput toput uprestrainrivetropescrew upsealseal offseal upseizesetset tosettleshackleshutshut the doorshut upslamslingsnapsqueeze shutstakestickstraitjacketstranglesuspendtacktethertie downtie ontie uptraintrammeltrice uptrimturnwedgezip upzipper
Verb(3 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
11 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
manner of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
85 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πήγνυμι verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- ἐξάπτω verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- taxmaq verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- закрепвам verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- свързвам verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Catalan
1 entries- cordar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 扣住 verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- 系住 verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- 閂上 /闩上 verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Czech
2 entries- připevnit verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- připoutat verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Danish
4 entries- fastgøre verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- fæstne verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- hæfte verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- sætte fast verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Dutch
1 entries- vastmaken verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Finnish
1 entries- kiinnittää verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
French
2 entries- attacher verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- fixer verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Galician
3 entries- amarrar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- atar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- trincar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Georgian
2 entries- დამაგრება verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- მიმაგრება verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
German
2 entries- befestigen verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- festmachen verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Greek
1 entries- δένω verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- rögzít verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Irish
2 entries- ceangail verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- greamaigh verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Japanese
2 entries- 留める verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- 締める verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- butuá verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- bôtua verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Latin
2 entries- nectō verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- pangō verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Lithuanian
1 entries- segti verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Māori
4 entries- kōtui verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- makatiti verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- mātiti verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- pine verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Norwegian
1 entries- spenne fast verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- feste verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- feste verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Old English
1 entries- bindan verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- باغلامق verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- ربط ایتمك verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Persian
1 entries- بستن verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Polish
2 entries- zapinać verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- zapiąć verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Portuguese
4 entries- apertar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- atar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- firmar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- segurar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Romanian
2 entries- atașa verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- fixa verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Russian
4 entries- закрепи́ть verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- закрепля́ть verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- крепи́ть verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- привя́зывать verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Spanish
4 entries- abrochar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- atar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- fijar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- pegar verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Swedish
3 entries- fästa verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- spänna fast verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
- sätta fast verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Tày
1 entries- bọp verb (to attach or connect in a secure manner)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Check all the loose knots and fasten them tight.
Source: tatoeba (20951)
Fasten your seat belts while you are driving.
Source: tatoeba (26578)
The driver advised us to fasten our seat belts.
Source: tatoeba (26605)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.