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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fas-uhn, fah-suhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən



Definition of fasten

Origin :
  • Old English fæstnian "make fast, firm," also "ratify, betroth," from Proto-Germanic *fastinojanan (cf. Old Frisian festnia "to make firm, bind fast," Old Saxon fastnon, Old High German fastnion, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from *fastuz (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastener; fastening.
  • verb make secure; join together
Example sentences :
  • "Now let us fasten up the door I came in by," said Christopher.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Some are, as you see, upon one sheet, and some are in many pieces which may fasten together.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Let us fasten ourselves to the throne of God as with hooks of steel.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Do you mind if I fasten them on with wire so they can't fall?
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • If the hands did not fasten and take hold, how then should we eat?
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther
  • Has his Majesty done me the honour to fasten a particular quarrel on me?
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • Now fasten in your engine; two screws through the bed-plate will do it.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • Fasten the tail in the mouth of each whiting, and lay them on a fish strainer.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Put the stuffing in the haddock, and fasten it with a small skewer.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Attend to the trees lately planted, and water them often; and whatever good shoots they make, fasten them to the wall or espalier.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

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