Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as a hook, used to attach one thing to another firmly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything that binds and makes fast, or serves for joining or securing, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, cord, chain, clasp, button, hook, etc.
- noun Fixedness; firmness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of to
fasten . - noun a
hook or similarrestraint used to fasten things together
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of fastening things together
- noun restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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Examples
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The fastening is generally achieved combining hinges and braces with some locking mechanism.
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Afke had some difficulty in fastening hers, for they were a bit small for her, and the straps had seen better days.
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Three: leather pieces mounted with shoe buttons – in fastening these leather pieces the children make use of the button-hook – corresponds to a child's shoes.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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Its third article was the sole one referred to as fastening forever the institution of slavery on the inhabitants of this vast empire.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins.
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After manoeuvring with more than her usual art, she succeeded in fastening Belinda upon the fashionable Lady Delacour for the season.
Belinda 1801
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Where the parts are held against one another such threads are called fastening threads, i.e. vee-threads.
1. Purpose and importance of thread cutting by dies and taps Horst Kth 1990
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The fastening was the old-fashioned wooden shutters hung outside and closed with a single slide.
The Man in Gray Thomas Dixon 1905
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When he last looked at it he noticed that the fastening was a trifle slack and, though he handed the trinket back, he told her distinctly that she was not to wear it till it had been either to Tiffany's or Starr's.
The House in the Mist Anna Katharine Green 1890
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At length he softly rose and crept noiselessly to the door; the fastening was the primitive latch with a string attached; it opened without a sound in his cautious handling, and he found himself in the pitchy darkness outside, the wild mountain wind whirling about him, and the rain descending in steady torrents.
Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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