Definition of "fasten" in англійська

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.

   • The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
   • Fasten your seat belts!
   • 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.

2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

   • to fasten a blow