Fasten

What do we mean by fasten?

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

To make fast or secure. intransitive verb

To close or connect securely, as with a lock or other device. intransitive verb

To fix or direct steadily. intransitive verb

To place; attribute. intransitive verb

To impose (oneself) without welcome. intransitive verb

To become attached, fixed, or joined. intransitive verb

To close or join in a particular manner. intransitive verb

To focus one's sight or attention on something. intransitive verb

To select something by close attention. intransitive verb

To make fast; cause to adhere; join, connect, or attach firmly; fix or secure in place or position by any physical means: as, to fasten a door with a lock, bolt, or chain; to fasten boards together with nails or screws, or by mortise and tenon; to fasten clothing with buttons, pins, clasps, etc.

Figuratively, to attach or unite by any connecting link or agency; connect or join firmly in general: as, to fasten a nickname or a charge upon one; to fasten one's hope on a promise.

To make firm or stable; establish; confirm; clench: as, to fasten a bargain.

To lay on; cause to reach.

= Syn 1 and To bind, attach, tie, link, affix, annex.

To become fast or fixed; become attached or firmly joined; close firmly.

To take firm hold; cling: generally with on.

To attach or connect in a secure manner.

To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

To put a thing on a thing and use another thing to keep the thing on the thing Urban Dictionary

To kick someone's ass. Beat them down. Urban Dictionary

A wonder and acute interest in nails, screws, and staples. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to fasten:
fasten, hasten, faster, fatten, fasted, masten, basten, kasten, casten, fastin, faten, falten, fassen, tasten, vasten, faste, fastex.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fasten:
seatbelt, fastening, velcro, lapel, fastened, belts, securely, planks, seams, strap, turbulence, garment, buttons, belt, nail, nails, pins, collar, thread, rope, boots, shirts, loops, helmet, rails, button, clothing, blades, your, lap, seat, neck, holes, leather, shoulder, bag, tie, anchor, petition, worn, cabin, hole, seal, eve, plate, doors, notice, dress, plastic, warning, vertical, jury, secure, bottom, sign, foot, shell, option, hold, together, fast, themselves, wood, hair, safety, tree, onto, piece, metal, landing, wall, feet, nothing.

Words that rhyme with fasten:
assassin, lasagne, cason, sasin, bassin, yasin, bason, assen, masson, casson, gassen, stassen, lassen, glassen, dracin, gascogne, nason, chasin, cassin, klassen, classen, hasson, tassin, plasson, sasson, hassen, glasson, glass in, chason, kasson, classon, yassin, fason, mcglasson, alas in, amass in, bass in, bassa in, bluegrass in, bras in, brass in, bypass in, cas in, cas un, cass in, clason, class in, crass in, das in, das un, dass in, eelgrass in, eyeglass in, fiberglass in, gas in, gass in, glas in, gras in, grass in, grasse in, hourglass in, impasse in, jackass in, kassan, kassen, kassin, landmass in, lass in, mass in, massa in, massawa in, masse in, morass in, nasa in, overpass in, pass in, passon, pengassan, plexiglas in, ras in, repass in, sas in, sassafras in, snodgrass in, spyglass in, surpass in, tass in, trespass in, underclass in, underpass in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fasten:
cold, screw, die, free, latter, desperate, toiling, english, bare, deepest, reproach, human, curious, best.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fasten:
belts, method.

Consonant match to fasten:
fustian, fascine, phocine, phosphene, ficin, fuscin, fossane, fuson, fuscine, pherson, fason, face in, face on, face seen, feis in, fis in, foss in, fossa in, fosse in, fosse un, fossen, fuss in, fuss on.

Words that sound like fasten:
fasten, fason, fassen, fascine, fascin, fisson, fuson, fossen, fasm, feesten, ficin, fashion, fastened, fastener, fasa, fastens, fossum, faison, pherson, fusain, foison, faxon, fassa, fasan, fascina, fusome, fsan, face-down, phocine, facing, fussing, fashin, fastin, fessing, phase in, fathom, famine, fission, facet, facile, fatten, frisson, fossa, fasy, fadden, facil, faustian, fagen, friesen, feehan, frison, fisa, fsm, fanon, facon, fannon, fism, fissa, farran, filson, faisa, philson, farson, fasc, fassi, facete, fasl, phasm, fangen, fasci, fincen, fosa, faceman, fesa, phagun, faham, phasa, fascio, felsen, feston, foshan, fushun, fiston, the sun, the son, cason, lassen, sasson, hassen, casson, kasen, hasson, passen, theisen, kasson, gassen, sasan, iason, pasan, lassan.