fasten

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To join or attach two things firmly together.

   Please fasten your seatbelt before the plane takes off.

2. 2
   verb

   To close or become closed and held in place.

   This dress fastens at the back with a zip.

From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.

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