Definitions of fasten

1. To make fast or tight; to fix securely; to attach firmly one thing to another.

2. To make fast; attach firmly.

3. To make fast; secure; attach; fix; bind.

4. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

5. To seize or take hold of something: generally with on.

6. To fix itself.

7. become fixed or fastened; " This dress fastens in the back"

8. To take fast hold; cleave; cling.

9. To fix firmly; to bolt or bar; to seize and hold on.

10. See fast.

11. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

12. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.

13. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.