Dictionary entry details
• FASTEN (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be firmly attached
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fasten; fix; secure
Context examples:
fasten the lock onto the door / she fixed her gaze on the man
Hypernyms (to "fasten" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Cause:
fasten (become fixed or fastened)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fasten"):
hook (fasten with a hook)
belt (fasten with a belt)
cement (bind or join with or as if with cement)
grout (bind with grout)
staple (secure or fasten with a staple or staples)
string (string together; tie or fasten with a string)
tack (fasten with tacks)
zip; zip up; zipper (close with a zipper)
hasp (secure or lock with a hasp)
lock up (secure by locking)
lock (fasten with a lock)
clinch (secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts)
clinch (flatten the ends (of nails and rivets))
rivet (fasten with a rivet or rivets)
button (fasten with buttons)
toggle (fasten with, or as if with, a toggle)
joint (fasten with a joint)
joggle (fasten or join with a joggle)
coapt (fit tightly and fasten)
wire (fasten with wire)
stake (tie or fasten to a stake)
brooch; clasp (fasten with or as if with a brooch)
buckle; clasp (fasten with a buckle or buckles)
entrench; intrench (fix firmly or securely)
deposit; lodge; stick; wedge (fix, force, or implant)
hang (place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction)
hang; hang up (cause to be hanging or suspended)
pin (attach or fasten with pins)
stay (fasten with stays)
velcro (fasten with velcro)
clamp (fasten or fix with a clamp)
cramp (secure with a cramp)
bandage; bind (wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose)
cinch; girth (tie a cinch around)
rope up (attach to one another, for safety)
picket (fasten with a picket)
cable (fasten with a cable)
chain (fasten or secure with chains)
garter (fasten with or as if with a garter)
latch (fasten with a latch)
bitt (secure with a bitt)
rig (connect or secure to)
bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)
strap (secure (a sprained joint) with a strap)
cleat (secure on a cleat)
anchor; cast anchor; drop anchor (secure a vessel with an anchor)
bar (secure with, or as if with, bars)
belay (turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him)
belay (fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat)
bight (fasten with a bight)
brad (fasten with brads)
chock (secure with chocks)
noose (secure with a noose)
crank (fasten with a crank)
anchor; ground (fix firmly and stably)
moor (secure with cables or ropes)
berth; moor; tie up (secure in or as if in a berth or dock)
spike (secure with spikes)
run up; sew; sew together; stitch (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
unfasten (cause to become undone)
Meaning:
Become fixed or fastened
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
This dress fastens in the back
Hypernyms (to "fasten" is one way to...):
attach (become attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fasten"):
glue (be fixed as if by glue)
stick (fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something)
stick (fasten with or as with pins or nails)
stick (fasten with an adhesive material like glue)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
unfasten (become undone or untied)
Meaning:
Attach to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
They fastened various nicknames to each other
Hypernyms (to "fasten" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make tight or tighter
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
tighten; fasten
Context example:
Tighten the wire
Hypernyms (to "fasten" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fasten"):
frap (take up the slack of)
firm; tauten (make taut or tauter)
screw (tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions)
wind; wind up (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
