Antonyms for fastens

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fas-uhn, fah-suhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən

Definition of fastens

Origin : Old English fæstnian "make fast, firm," also "ratify, betroth," from Proto-Germanic *fastinojanan (cf. Old Frisian festnia "to make firm, bind fast," Old Saxon fastnon, Old High German fastnion, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from *fastuz (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastener; fastening.

verb make secure; join together

Example sentences :

Before starting he takes a helmet, and fastens it tightly on his head.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

It is poverty that fastens the poison in the heart of the rejected lover.
Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

He fastens his collar with a safety-pin, humming an old song the while.
Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome

The tool not only steadies the diamond, but fastens it in that direction.
Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew

The Chicken makes straight at him, and fastens on his throat.
Extract from : « Spare Hours » by John Brown

Break the cordage which fastens me to it, and I drift aimless, hopelessly.'
Extract from : « Saronia » by Richard Short

This melts the gum in the powder and fastens the pattern to the material.
Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous

Who puts the key in the desk and fastens it tight with the spring lock?
Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

He fastens his game to one of them, and proceeds to the skinning and the disembowelling.
Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson

But Andrew's to Frank fastens as instantly on the follies of his uncle and cousins.
Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for fastens

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