Fasten

Verb

 * 1) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
 * The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.

Adverbs for Fasten
securely; attractively; firmly; gaily; fastidiously; competently; snugly; closely; permanently; temporarily.

Synonyms for Fasten
bind, affix, link, connect, tie, attach, anchor, secure, lock.

Antonyms for Fasten
release, open, detach, untie, unfasten, loosen.

Related terms

 * bedfast
 * breastfast
 * colorfast
 * cragfast
 * handfast
 * headfast


 * holdfast
 * makefast
 * sitfast
 * shamefast
 * soothfast
 * steadfast

Thesaurus
address, adhere, affix, aim, anchor, annex, apply, attach, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, bed, belay, bind, bolt, bond, bridle, button, button up, catch, cement, chain, choke, choke off, cinch, clamp, clap, cleave, clinch, cling, close, close up, cohere, concenter, concentrate, connect, constrict, contain, contract, cover, cramp, devote, direct, embed, enchain, engraft, entrammel, establish, fasten down, fasten up, fetter, fix, fixate, focus, fold, fold up, fuse, graft, grapple, gyve, hamper, handcuff, hang, hang up, hitch, hobble, hog-tie, hook, hook up, hopple, implant, infix, join, key, knit, lash, latch, leash, link, lock, lock out, lock up, lodge, make fast, make secure, make sure, manacle, moor, occlude, padlock, peg down, picket, pin down, pinion, plumb, point, put, put in irons, put to, put up, restrain, rivet, rope, screw up, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, set, set to, settle, shackle, shut, shut the door, shut up, slam, sling, snap, squeeze shut, stick, straitjacket, strangle, strap, suspend, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, tighten, train, trammel, trice up, trim, turn, unite, wedge, zip up, zipper

Etymology
From fæstnian:

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Greek: δένω
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Romanian: fixa, atașa
 * Russian: закреплять,
 * Spanish:, ,

Anagrams

 * nefast
 * Stefan

Etymology
fasten:

Verb
fasten


 * 1) to fast

Related terms

 * Fasten
 * Fastnacht

Etymology
, whence also Old English fæstan, Old Norse fasta

Verb
fastēn


 * 1) to fast