fasten

fas·ten

 (făs′ən)

v. fas·tened, fas·ten·ing, fas·tens

v.tr.

1. To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.

2.

a. To make fast or secure: fastened the children into their car seats.

b. To close or connect securely, as with a lock or other device: was unable to fasten the bulging suitcase.

3. To fix or direct steadily: fastened her gaze on the stranger.

4. To place; attribute: fastened the blame on the weather.

5. To impose (oneself) without welcome.

v.intr.

1.

a. To become attached, fixed, or joined: barnacles that had fastened to the ship's bottom.

b. To close or join in a particular manner: tent flaps that fasten with a zipper; a shirt that fastens down the front.

2.

a. To focus one's sight or attention on something: fasten on a notion.

b. To select something by close attention: "By April he had fastened on the site where he would erect his grand city" (Charles Officer).

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[Middle English fastnen, from Old English fæstnian; see past- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: fasten, anchor, fix, moor¹, secure
These verbs mean to cause to remain firmly in position or place: fastened the cabinet to the wall with screws; anchored the pull-up bar to the door frame; fixed the flagpole in concrete; will moor the rowboat at the dock; secured the door with a heavy bolt.

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fasten

(ˈfɑːsən)

vb

1. to make or become fast or secure

2. to make or become attached or joined

3. to close or become closed by fixing firmly in place, locking, etc

4. (tr; foll by in or up) to enclose or imprison

5. (usually foll by: on) to cause (blame, a nickname, etc) to be attached (to); place (on) or impute (to)

6. (usually foll by: on or upon) to direct or be directed in a concentrated way; fix: he fastened his gaze on the girl.

7. (usually foll by: on) take firm hold (of)

[Old English fæstnian; related to Old Norse fastna to pledge, Old High German fastinōn to make fast; see fast¹]

ˈfastener n

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fas•ten

(ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən)

v.t.

1. to attach securely in place.

2. to make secure, as a door with a lock, bolt, etc.

3. to attach or connect.

4. to direct (the eyes, thoughts, etc.) intently.

v.i.

5. to become fast, fixed, or firm.

6. to close securely; lock.

7. to take a firm hold; seize (usu. fol. by on or upon): to fasten on an idea.

8. to concentrate (usu. fol. by on or upon): His gaze fastened on the jewels.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English fæstnian]

fas′ten•er, n.

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fasten

Past participle: fastened
Gerund: fastening

Imperative

fasten

fasten

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fasten - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" fix, secure strap - secure (a sprained joint) with a strap tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" rig - connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition" bitt - secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line" latch - fasten with a latch; "latch the door" garter - fasten with or as if with a garter chain - fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" cable - fasten with a cable; "cable trees" picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat" rope up - attach to one another, for safety; "The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent" attach - cause to be attached cinch, girth - tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" bandage, bind - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose cramp - secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood" cleat - secure on a cleat; "cleat a line" cast anchor, drop anchor, anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" moor - secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat" moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" spike - secure with spikes sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework crank - fasten with a crank noose - secure with a noose chock - secure with chocks brad - fasten with brads bight - fasten with a bight belay - fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat belay - turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him bar - secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" clamp - fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened" velcro - fasten with Velcro; "velcro the belt" stay - fasten with stays clinch - flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched" clinch - secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall" lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" lock up - secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation" hasp - secure or lock with a hasp zip, zip up, zipper - close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" tack - fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board" string - string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" hook - fasten with a hook belt - fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" cement - bind or join with or as if with cement grout - bind with grout; "grout the bathtub" staple - secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together" rivet - fasten with a rivet or rivets button - fasten with buttons; "button the dress" pin - attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man" hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall" hang - place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door" deposit, stick, wedge, lodge - put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" entrench, intrench - fix firmly or securely buckle, clasp - fasten with a buckle or buckles brooch, clasp - fasten with or as if with a brooch stake - tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat" wire - fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support" coapt - fit tightly and fasten joggle - fasten or join with a joggle joint - fasten with a joint toggle - fasten with, or as if with, a toggle unfasten - cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt"
	2.	fasten - become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" glue - be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her" attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" stick - fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" stick - fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" stick - fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall" unfasten - become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"
	3.	fasten - attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" attach - cause to be attached
	4.	fasten - make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" tighten alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" frap - take up the slack of; "frap a rope" firm, tauten - make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" screw - tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on" wind up, wind - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"

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fasten

verb

1. secure, close, lock, chain, seal, bolt, do up He fastened the door behind him.

2. tie, bind, lace, tie up The dress fastens down the back.

3. fix, join, link, connect, grip, attach, anchor, affix, make firm, make fast Use screws to fasten the shelf to the wall.

4. concentrate, focus, fix Her thoughts fastened on one event.

5. direct, aim, focus, fix, concentrate, bend, rivet They fastened their gaze on the table and did not look up.

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fasten

verb

1. To join one thing to another:

affix, attach, clip, connect, couple, fix, moor, secure.

2. To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope:

bind, knot, secure, tie, tie up.

3. To make secure:

anchor, catch, fix, moor, secure.

Idiom: make fast.

4. To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible:

embed, entrench, fix, infix, ingrain, lodge, root.

5. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:

affix, assign, blame, fix, impute, pin on, place.

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Translations

يُثْبِت

připevnitpřipoutatsoustředitupnoutzavřít

fæstnespænde

schließenbefestigenheften

δένω

abadernarabrocharamarraratarfijar

attacherfixerliernouerrelier

rögzít

festa, binda, spenna

allacciarebendarecalettarechiuderechiusura lampo

締める

įsmeigtisegtukassegtuvas

nostiprinātpiestiprinātpievērst

vastmaken

gjøre faststirre stivt på

pritrditi

bağlamak

使固定

fasten

[ˈfɑːsn]

A. VT

1. (= secure) [+ belt, dress, seat belt] → abrochar; [+ door, box, window] → cerrar; (with rope) → atar; (with paste) → pegar; (with bolt) → echar el cerrojo a
to fasten two things together → pegar/sujetar dos cosas

2. (= attach) → sujetar (fig) → atribuir
to fasten the blame/responsibility (for sth) on sb → echar la culpa/atribuir la responsabilidad (de algo) a algn
they're trying to fasten the crime on me → tratan de achacarme or atribuirme el crimen a mí

B. VI [door, box] → cerrarse; [dress] → abrocharse
it fastens in front → se abrocha por delante

fasten down VT + ADV [+ envelope, blind etc] → cerrar

fasten on

A. VT + ADV (= tie) → atar

B. VT + PREP
see fasten upon

C. VI + PREP
see fasten upon

fasten on to VI + PREP → agarrarse de, pegarse a (fig) → fijarse en
he fastened on to me at once → se fijó en mí en seguida; (as companion) → se me pegó en seguida
to fasten on to a pretext → echar mano or valerse de un pretexto

fasten up

A. VT + ADV [+ clothing] → abrochar

B. VI + ADV it fastens up in front → se abrocha por delante

fasten upon fasten on

A. VT + PREP [+ gaze] → fijar en

B. VI + PREP [+ excuse] → valerse de
to fasten (up)on the idea of doing sth → aferrarse a la idea de hacer algo

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fasten

[ˈfɑːs^ən]

vt [+ button, safety pin] → fermer; [+ strap, seat belt] → attacher; [+ coat] → fermer
to fasten sth to sth → attacher qch à qch
to fasten sth in place → fixer qch

vi [coat, jacket] → se fermer; [strap, buckle] → s'attacher
to fasten at the front (gen) → se fermer sur le devant; (with buttons) → se boutonner sur le devant
to fasten at the back (gen) → se fermer dans le dos; (with buttons) → se boutonner dans le dos front-fastening bra

fasten on

fasten upon vt fus

[person] [+ idea] → se cramponner à

[eyes] → se fixer sur

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fasten

vt

(= attach) → festmachen, befestigen (→ to, onto an +dat); (= do up) parcel etc → zuschnüren; buttons, buckle, dress etc → zumachen; (= tighten) screw etc → anziehen; (= lock) door → (ab)schließen; to fasten one’s seat belt → sich anschnallen; to fasten two things together → zwei Dinge zusammenmachen (inf) → or aneinander befestigen

(fig) thoughts, attention → zuwenden (on sb jdm); to fasten the blame on somebody → die Schuld auf jdn schieben, jdm die Schuld in die Schuhe schieben (inf); to fasten one’s hopes on somebody/something → seine Hoffnungen auf jdn/etw setzen; to fasten one’s eyes on somebody/something → die Augen or den Blick auf jdn/etw heften

vi → sich schließen lassen; the dress fastens at the back → das Kleid wird hinten zugemacht; the door won’t fasten → die Tür lässt sich nicht schließen; these two pieces fasten together → diese zwei Teile werden miteinander verbunden

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fasten

[ˈfɑːsn]

1. vt (with rope, string) → legare; (with nail) → inchiodare; (secure, belt, dress, seat belt) → allacciare; (door, box, window) → chiudere; (attach) → attaccare, fissare
to fasten the blame/responsibility (for sth) on sb (fig) → dare la colpa/addossare la responsabilità (di qc) a qn

2. vi (door) → chiudersi; (dress) → allacciarsi, abbottonarsi

fasten down vt + adv → fissare bene

fasten on vt + adv → fissare

fasten up vt + adv (clothing, coat) → allacciare, abbottonare

fasten (up)on vi + prep (idea) → cogliere al volo; (excuse) → ricorrere a

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fasten

(ˈfaːsn) verb

to fix or join (together). Fasten the gate!; She fastened a flower to the front of her dress; He fastened his eyes upon her face. vasmaak, toemaak, vestig (op) يُثْبِت завързвам prender zavřít; připevnit; soustředit, upnout schließen, befestigen, heften spænde; fæstne στερεώνω, δένωfijar kinnitama بستن kiinnittää attacher לְהַדֵק बांधना, बंध जाना, जकड़ना pričvrstiti, zakvačiti rögzít melekatkan festa, binda, spenna chiudere; fissare, attaccare 固定する 고정시키다 uždaryti, pritvirtinti, įsmeigti piestiprināt; nostiprināt; pievērst (skatienu) melekatkan vastmaken, vestigen feste, gjøre fast; stirre stivt påumocować كلكول، تړل، نښلول، كولپول prender a fixa; a prinde запирать; прикреплять; устремлять zavrieť; pripevniť; uprieť pritrditi prikačiti fästa, regla มัด; ยึด; ติด; ผูก bağlamak 使固定 зв'язувати; прикріпляти باندھنا ، بند کرنا buộc chặt; trói chặt; đóng chặt 使固定

ˈfastener noun

something that fastens things (together). a zip-fastener. vasmaker, sluiter, vasmaakmiddel أداة تَثْبيت، إبْزيم закопчалка fecho spona, klips, zip der Verschluß lås φερμουάρ, αγκράφαcierre kinnitusvahend وصل کننده؛ بست kiinnitin attach מהדק बांधने वाला kvačica, kopča zár, kapocs penutup festing chiusura ファスナー 잠그는 것 segtuvas, segtukas (tērpa) aizdare kancing sluitinglukker, lås, haspzapięcie تړونكى، نښلوونكى، چنګك fecho înche­ietoare засов; зажим; застежка zips, gombík ap. sponka; zadrga kopča fäste, knäppe, spänne, lås สิ่งที่มัด; ยึด; ติด; ผูกสิ่งต่าง ๆ เข้าด้วยกัน bağ, toka, kopça 扣件，鈕扣 засув; застібка کسی چیز کو بند کرنے کا ذریعہ cái khoá 扣件，钮扣

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fasten

v. sujetar; amarrar; abrochar; abotonar.

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