Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fastened"

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) 1.7 (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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