fasten

Verb
  1. Cause to be firmly attached (synset 201343121)
    "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
    causes: fasten - become fixed or fastened
    is a type of: attach - cause to be attached
    subtypes:
    • strap - secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
    • bind, tie - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
    • rig - connect or secure to
    • bitt - secure with a bitt
    • latch - fasten with a latch
    • garter - fasten with or as if with a garter
    • chain - fasten or secure with chains
    • cable - fasten with a cable
    • picket - fasten with a picket
    • rope up - attach to one another, for safety
    • cinch, girth - tie a cinch around
    • bandage, bind - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
    • cramp - secure with a cramp
    • cleat - secure on a cleat
    • anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor
    • anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably
    • moor - secure with cables or ropes
    • berth, moor, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock
    • spike - secure with spikes
    • run up, sew, sew together, stitch - fasten by sewing; do needlework
    • crank - fasten with a crank
    • noose - secure with a noose
    • chock - secure with chocks
    • brad - fasten with brads
    • bight - fasten with a bight
    • belay - fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
    • belay - turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
    • bar - secure with, or as if with, bars
    • clamp - fasten or fix with a clamp
    • velcro - fasten with Velcro
    • stay - fasten with stays
    • clinch - flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
    • clinch - secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
    • lock - fasten with a lock
    • lock up - secure by locking
    • hasp - secure or lock with a hasp
    • zip, zip up, zipper - close with a zipper
    • tack - fasten with tacks
    • string - string together; tie or fasten with a string
    • hook - fasten with a hook
    • belt - fasten with a belt
    • cement - bind or join with or as if with cement
    • grout - bind with grout
    • staple - secure or fasten with a staple or staples
    • rivet - fasten with a rivet or rivets
    • button - fasten with buttons
    • pin - attach or fasten with pins
    • hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended
    • hang - place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
    • deposit, lodge, stick, wedge - put, fix, force, or implant
    • entrench, intrench - fix firmly or securely
    • buckle, clasp - fasten with a buckle or buckles
    • brooch, clasp - fasten with or as if with a brooch
    • stake - tie or fasten to a stake
    • wire - fasten with wire
    • coapt - fit tightly and fasten
    • joggle - fasten or join with a joggle
    • joint - fasten with a joint
    • toggle - fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
    same as: fix, secure
  2. Become fixed or fastened (synset 201346574)
    "This dress fastens in the back"
    is a type of: attach - become attached
    subtypes:
    • glue - be fixed as if by glue
    • stick - fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
    • stick - fasten with or as with pins or nails
    • stick - fasten with an adhesive material like glue
  3. Attach to (synset 201292736)
    "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
    is a type of: attach - cause to be attached
  4. Make tight or tighter (synset 200421085)
    "Tighten the wire"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    • frap - take up the slack of
    • firm, tauten - make taut or tauter
    • screw - tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
    • wind, wind up - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
    same as: tighten

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