Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fasten"

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. i.
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T.
Browne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]


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