Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
- 4intransitive verb
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
- 5verb
make tight or tighter
"Tighten the wire"
Synonyms
- 6verb
attach to
"They fastened various nicknames to each other"
- 7verb
cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"
"she fixed her gaze on the man"
- 8verb
become fixed or fastened
"This dress fastens in the back"
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