fasten

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   attach to

   They fastened various nicknames to each other

2. 2
   verb

   cause to be firmly attached

   fasten the lock onto the door

3. 3
   verb

   become fixed or fastened

   This dress fastens in the back

4. 4
   verb

   To attach or connect in a secure manner.

   The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.

5. 5
   verb

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

   to fasten a blow

6. 6
   verb

   make tight or tighter

Etymology

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