Results for fasten

Definitions of fasten:

part of speech: verb transitive

To make fast or tight; to fix securely; to attach firmly one thing to another.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To seize or take hold of something: generally with on.

part of speech: verb

To fix firmly; to bolt or bar; to seize and hold on.

part of speech: verb

See fast.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To fix itself.

Usage examples for fasten:

• To it was tied a piece of paper with the words: 'Can you fasten the ladder? "Among Malay Pirates And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril", G. A. Henty

• This is clever, but cats even know how to fasten doors, at least some do; and this same lady was once in a cupboard, when one of her pussies came and turned on the button latch of the door, and made her a prisoner for some considerable time! "The Domestic Cat", Gordon Stables

• They had come outside now; she was standing in the misty moon- light, while he stayed to fasten the last door. "The Good Comrade", Una L. Silberrad

• Then we must fasten up these windows, and leave all as secure as we can behind us. "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë