fasten

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. secure, make fast, attach, fix, bind, lock up. See junction, closure, restraint. Ant., unfasten, release.

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To make something secure]

Syn. attach, lock, fix, tie, bind, lace, close, shut, affix, adhere, batten, tighten, secure, anchor, moor, strengthen, grip, zip, zip up, button, hook, shutter, grapple, hold, screw down, clasp, clamp, clutch, pin, nail, tack, bolt, rivet, screw, clinch, solder, set, weld, cement, glue, bond, wedge, jam, mortise, twist, fix firmly in position, chain, tether, lash, tie down, hold immovable, hold fixed, hold fast, make secure, make fast, entangle, stick, cinch, cement, bed, embed, catch, buckle, strap, knot, hitch, harness, bar, grasp, seal up; see also bind 1 .

Ant. release*, loosen, unfasten.

2. [To join two or more things]

Syn. couple, combine, connect; see join 1 .

Syn.- fasten , the somewhat more general word compared here, implies a joining of one thing to another, as by tying, binding, gluing, nailing, pinning, etc.; tie and bind are often interchangeable, but in discriminating use, tie specif. implies the connection of one thing with another by means of a rope, string, etc. which can be knotted [ to tie a horse to a hitching post ] , and bind suggests the use of an encircling band which holds two or more things firmly together [ to bind someone's legs ] ; attach emphasizes the joining of two or more things in order to keep them together as a unit [ to attach one's references to an application ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

attach, secure, affix, hook, tie, join, couple, bind, lock, close, hitch, buckle, link, nail, weld, solder, rivet, cement.

ANT.: unfasten, detach, disconnect

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To join one thing to another: affix, attach, clip2, connect, couple, fix, moor, secure. See ASSEMBLE. 2. To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope: bind, knot, secure, tie, tie up. See KEEP, TIGHTEN. 3. To make secure: anchor, catch, fix, moor, secure. Idiom: make fast. See MOVE. 4. To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible: embed, entrench, fix, infix, ingrain, lodge, root1. See MOVE. 5. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to: affix, assign, blame, fix, impute, pin on, place. See GIVE.