fasten
/ˈfæsn̩/ verb B1- 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
He/she/it fastens · Past fastened · Past participle fastened · -ing form fastening
Verb forms
- Base form
- fasten
- He/she/it
- fastens
- Past
- fastened
- Past participle
- fastened
- -ing form
- fastening
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But it isn’t--it’s firmly fastened at one end.
I shall fasten this little white house rose just behind your ear.
At length the chaise arrived, the trunks were fastened on, the parcels placed within, and it was pronounced to be ready.
I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, for I thought I was just as good a man as anyone.
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