fasten

fasten is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
4. intransitive verb. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
5. verb. make tight or tighter

   "Tighten the wire"

   Synonyms: tighten

6. verb. attach to

   "They fastened various nicknames to each other"

7. verb. cause to be firmly attached

   "fasten the lock onto the door"

   "she fixed her gaze on the man"

   Synonyms: fix, secure

8. verb. become fixed or fastened

   "This dress fastens in the back"

Synonyms

tighten, fix, secure

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fasten:

nefast, stefan

Common word forms

fastens, fastened, fastener, fastening

Words from these letters

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