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Synonyms for fasten

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Synonyms for fasten

to join one thing to another

to make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope

to make secure

to implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible

to ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to

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Synonyms for fasten

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This was no easy task, because half of each one of the hinges of the wings was missing, it being still fastened to the body of the Gargoyle who had used it.
The other four wings were then fastened to the buggy, two on each side, for the buggy must bear the weight of the children and the Wizard as it flew through the air.
Eighty poles, each of one foot high, were erected for this purpose, and very strong cords, of the bigness of packthread, were fastened by hooks to many bandages, which the workmen had girt round my neck, my hands, my body, and my legs.
To fasten the hook on the inside they must be at home, don't you see.
Once more he softly touched the bell which gave one tinkle, then gently, as though reflecting and looking about him, began touching the door-handle pulling it and letting it go to make sure once more that it was only fastened by the hook.
He knew, he knew perfectly well that at that moment they were at the flat, that they were greatly astonished at finding it unlocked, as the door had just been fastened, that by now they were looking at the bodies, that before another minute had passed they would guess and completely realise that the murderer had just been there, and had succeeded in hiding somewhere, slipping by them and escaping.
Big green eyes had been painted upon it, but in the center of the chin were two small holes made in the pasteboard, so that the Chief could see through them with his own tiny eyes; for when the big head was fastened upon his shoulders the eyes in his own natural head were on a level with the false chin.
I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas; having fastened the button, she raised her head; encountering my eye, she made a quiet, respectful obeisance, as bidding good afternoon, and was turning to depart:--
"Why not fasten the tackle part way down the mast?" Maud suggested.
Slipping off a turn, I lowered the mast back into the water and fastened the tackle a third of the way down from the butt.
A driver who was stopped at traffic light and could not fasten his belt before the officer monitoring the intersection approached, started to apologize to the police officer and explained that he knew that a seat belt is important, but that he feels trapped when he fastens the belt.
A new regulation from the Kurdistan Region Directorate General of Traffic Police requires front-seat passengers to fasten their seat belts.
Fasten latch plate to adjoining trim so latch fastens securely.