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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr & vb n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. 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. 2. 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. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell to lay on as to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, or a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fastened adj 1: firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt" [ant: {unfastened}] 2: intent and directed steadily; "had her gaze fastened on the stranger"; "a fixed expresson" [syn: {fixed}] 3: furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike [syn: {buttoned}] [ant: {unbuttoned}] 4: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn: {tied}] [ant: {untied}]
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