Found 3 items, similar to Fasten.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fasten
memancangkan, mencengkamkan, mencocok, mengandam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fasten
fasten
v 1: cause to be firmly attached;
“fasten the lock onto the
door”;
“she fixed her gaze on the man” [syn:
fix,
secure]
[ant:
unfasten]
2: become fixed or fastened;
“This dress fastens in the back”
[ant:
unfasten]
3: attach to;
“They fastened various nicknames to each other”
4: make tight or tighter;
“Tighten the wire” [syn:
tighten]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fasten
Fasten
\Fas"ten\, v. i.
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
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A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T.
Browne.
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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.
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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.
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The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
service of many successions of parties, with very
different ideas fastened to them. --Swift.
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3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
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To fasten a charge upon or
To fasten 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.
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