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FASTEN

\fˈasən], \fˈasən], \f_ˈa_s_ə_n]\

Definitions of FASTEN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.
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.
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.
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.
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

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

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make fast; attach firmly.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To make fast; secure; attach; fix; bind.
To take fast hold; cleave; cling.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To make fast, to make firm; to hold together, to cement, to link; to affix, to conjoin.
To fix himself.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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