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fasten en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑːsn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈfæsn̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
   • The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
   • The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
   • Fasten your seat belts!
   • Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
   • if I can fasten but one cup upon him c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
   • to fasten a blow

Forms

Deriveds

refasten · headfast · shamefast · fastener · cragfast · fastenable · copperfasten · fastening · makefast · misfasten · fasten up · handfast · bedfast · holdfast · colorfast · fasten down · steadfast · soothfast · fast · sitfast · breastfast · unfasten

Relateds

do up

Translations (86)

bg закрепвам (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es sujetar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · da fastgøre (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ru привя́зывать (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ru привяза́ть (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · gl trincar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ru крепи́ть (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakangita (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pt segurar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi tautara (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · az taxmaq (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es atar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pt apertar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cs připoutat (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakananawe (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ga greamaigh (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi pine (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · gl atar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi tāmau (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · de festmachen (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pt firmar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · sv sätta fast (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakarawa (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi tīpona (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es prender (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi pona (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cmn 扣住 (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · nb feste (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · nl vastmaken (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · sv fästa (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ga ceangail (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · kea butuá (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · de befestigen (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cmn 系住 (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakarapa (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · bg свързвам (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ota باغلامق (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · tyz bọp (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pt atar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · lt segti (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pl zapinać (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cho afachʋli (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · grc ἐξάπτω (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · grc πήγνυμι (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ja 締める (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es fijar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ka დამაგრება (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ang bindan (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · sv spänna fast (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · fa بستن (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cs připevnit (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ru закрепля́ть (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · no spenne fast (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakapiri (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es abrochar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · cmn 閂上 /闩上 (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es pegar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · es subjectar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ru закрепи́ть (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · hu rögzít (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ka მიმაგრება (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · la nectō (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ja 留める (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakamau (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi titi (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi whakatina (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · el δένω (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ota ربط ایتمك (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · fi kiinnittää (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi kōtui (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · fr attacher (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · fr fixer (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · la pangō (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi mātiti (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ca cordar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · pl zapiąć (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ro fixa (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · mi makatiti (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · da sætte fast (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · nn feste (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · da hæfte (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · gl amarrar (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · da fæstne (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · kea bôtua (to attach or connect in a secure manner) · ro atașa (to attach or connect in a secure manner)