1 ~ (sth) (up) to close or join together the two parts of sth; to become closed or joined together
SYNDOUP:
[VN] Fasten your seatbelts, please. * He fastened up his coat and hurried out. * [V] The dress fastens at the back.
OPPUNFASTEN
2 to close sth firmly so that it will not open; to be closed in this way:
[VN] Fasten the gates securely so that they do not blow open. * [V] The window wouldn't fasten.
OPPUNFASTEN
3 [VN+adv./prep.] to fix or place sth in a particular position, so that it will not move:
He fastened back the shutters.
4 [VN] ~ A to
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fasten is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fasten a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fasten is tagged as verb.
Does fasten appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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