Synonyms for fastens
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fas-uhn, fah-suhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən |
Top 10 synonyms for fastens Other synonyms for the word fastens
- anchor
- band
- bar
- batten
- belt
- bind
- bond
- brace
- button
- catch
- cement
- chain
- cleave
- close
- cohere
- connect
- couple
- embed
- establish
- fix
- freeze to
- girth
- grip
- hitch
- hitch on
- hold
- hook
- hook up
- implant
- infix
- jam
- knot
- lace
- leash
- link
- lock
- lodge
- make firm
- moor
- mortise
- rivet
- rope
- seal
- set
- settle
- stay put
- stick
- strengthen
- string
- tack on
- tag
- tie
- unite
- wedge
- weld
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fastens
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