fasten
UK/ˈfɑːsn̩//ˈfæsn̩/
fasten verb: to attach or connect in a secure manner.
Verb
fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)
- To attach or connect in a secure manner.
- The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
- Fasten your seat belts!
- To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
- to fasten a blow
- if I can fasten but one cup upon himc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
fasten meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fasten in Hindi
- to fasten, bind, tie to something
- बाँधना bāndhnā
- to fasten
- मूँदना mū̃dnā
fasten in Tamil
- இணைவி, கட்டு, சேர், பொருத்து
fasten in Urdu
- باندھنا, جکڑنا
fasten in Bengali
- বাঁধা
More languagesFewer languages
- fasten in Telugu
- తగిలించు tagiliñcu
- fasten in Malayalam
- കെട്ടുക, ബന്ധിക്കുക, തഴുതിടുക, കെട്ടിയുറപ്പിക്കുക
- fasten in Kannada
- ಬಿಗಿಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಟ್ಟು, ಬಂಧಿಸು, ಗಂಟುಹಾಕು
- fasten in Punjabi
- ਲਾਉਣਾ lāuṇā
- fasten in Sanskrit
- प्रतिबन्ध् pratibandh
- fasten in Persian
- بستن bastan
Examples of fasten in a sentence
- Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
Forms of fasten
| third-person singular present | fastens |
|---|---|
| present participle | fastening |
| past participle | fastened |
| past | fastened |
Origin of fasten
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.
Words formed from fasten
Phrases with fasten
Questions about fasten
- What does fasten mean?
- Fasten means to attach or connect in a secure manner.
- What is fasten in Hindi?
- Fasten in Hindi is बाँधना (bāndhnā), मूँदना (mū̃dnā). See Fasten meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fasten in a sentence?
- Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- What part of speech is fasten?
- Fasten is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fasten?
- Fasten is pronounced /ˈfɑːsn̩/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of fasten?
- The past tense of fasten is fastened.
Words near fasten in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fasten (page history and authors); बाँधना (Hindi) (page history and authors); fasten (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fasten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fasten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తగిలించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); fasten (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fasten (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਲਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); प्रतिबन्ध् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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