fasten

fas·ten

F0047200 (făs′ən)v. fas·tened, fas·ten·ing, fas·tens v.tr.1. To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.2. a. To make fast or secure: fastened the children into their car seats.b. To close or connect securely, as with a lock or other device: was unable to fasten the bulging suitcase.3. To fix or direct steadily: fastened her gaze on the stranger.4. To place; attribute: fastened the blame on the weather.5. To impose (oneself) without welcome.v.intr.1. a. To become attached, fixed, or joined: barnacles that had fastened to the ship's bottom.b. To close or join in a particular manner: tent flaps that fasten with a zipper; a shirt that fastens down the front.2. a. To focus one's sight or attention on something: fasten on a notion.b. To select something by close attention: "By April he had fastened on the site where he would erect his grand city" (Charles Officer).

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[Middle English fastnen, from Old English fæstnian; see past- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: fasten, anchor, fix, moor¹, secure
These verbs mean to cause to remain firmly in position or place: fastened the cabinet to the wall with screws; anchored the pull-up bar to the door frame; fixed the flagpole in concrete; will moor the rowboat at the dock; secured the door with a heavy bolt.

fasten

(ˈfɑːsən) vb1. to make or become fast or secure2. to make or become attached or joined3. to close or become closed by fixing firmly in place, locking, etc4. (tr; foll by in or up) to enclose or imprison5. (usually foll by: on) to cause (blame, a nickname, etc) to be attached (to); place (on) or impute (to)6. (usually foll by: on or upon) to direct or be directed in a concentrated way; fix: he fastened his gaze on the girl. 7. (usually foll by: on) take firm hold (of)[Old English fæstnian; related to Old Norse fastna to pledge, Old High German fastinōn to make fast; see fast¹] ˈfastener n

fas•ten

(ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən)

v.t. 1. to attach securely in place. 2. to make secure, as a door with a lock, bolt, etc. 3. to attach or connect. 4. to direct (the eyes, thoughts, etc.) intently. v.i. 5. to become fast, fixed, or firm. 6. to close securely; lock. 7. to take a firm hold; seize (usu. fol. by on or upon): to fasten on an idea. 8. to concentrate (usu. fol. by on or upon): His gaze fastened on the jewels. [before 900; Middle English; Old English fæstnian] fas′ten•er, n.

fasten

Past participle: fastened
Gerund: fastening

Imperative
fasten
fasten

Present
I fasten
you fasten
he/she/it fastens
we fasten
you fasten
they fasten

Preterite
I fastened
you fastened
he/she/it fastened
we fastened
you fastened
they fastened

Present Continuous
I am fastening
you are fastening
he/she/it is fastening
we are fastening
you are fastening
they are fastening

Present Perfect
I have fastened
you have fastened
he/she/it has fastened
we have fastened
you have fastened
they have fastened

Past Continuous
I was fastening
you were fastening
he/she/it was fastening
we were fastening
you were fastening
they were fastening

Past Perfect
I had fastened
you had fastened
he/she/it had fastened
we had fastened
you had fastened
they had fastened

Future
I will fasten
you will fasten
he/she/it will fasten
we will fasten
you will fasten
they will fasten

Future Perfect
I will have fastened
you will have fastened
he/she/it will have fastened
we will have fastened
you will have fastened
they will have fastened

Future Continuous
I will be fastening
you will be fastening
he/she/it will be fastening
we will be fastening
you will be fastening
they will be fastening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fastening
you have been fastening
he/she/it has been fastening
we have been fastening
you have been fastening
they have been fastening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fastening
you will have been fastening
he/she/it will have been fastening
we will have been fastening
you will have been fastening
they will have been fastening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fastening
you had been fastening
he/she/it had been fastening
we had been fastening
you had been fastening
they had been fastening

Conditional
I would fasten
you would fasten
he/she/it would fasten
we would fasten
you would fasten
they would fasten

Past Conditional
I would have fastened
you would have fastened
he/she/it would have fastened
we would have fastened
you would have fastened
they would have fastened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fasten - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"fix, securestrap - secure (a sprained joint) with a straptie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"rig - connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"bitt - secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"latch - fasten with a latch; "latch the door"garter - fasten with or as if with a garterchain - fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"cable - fasten with a cable; "cable trees"picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"rope up - attach to one another, for safety; "The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent"attach - cause to be attachedcinch, girth - tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"bandage, bind - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclosecramp - secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood"cleat - secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"cast anchor, drop anchor, anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"moor - secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"spike - secure with spikessew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needleworkcrank - fasten with a cranknoose - secure with a noosechock - secure with chocksbrad - fasten with bradsbight - fasten with a bightbelay - fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleatbelay - turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or himbar - secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"clamp - fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"velcro - fasten with Velcro; "velcro the belt"stay - fasten with staysclinch - flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"clinch - secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"lock up - secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"hasp - secure or lock with a haspzip, zip up, zipper - close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"tack - fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"string - string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"hook - fasten with a hookbelt - fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers"cement - bind or join with or as if with cementgrout - bind with grout; "grout the bathtub"staple - secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"rivet - fasten with a rivet or rivetsbutton - fasten with buttons; "button the dress"pin - attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"hang - place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"deposit, stick, wedge, lodge - put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"entrench, intrench - fix firmly or securelybuckle, clasp - fasten with a buckle or bucklesbrooch, clasp - fasten with or as if with a broochstake - tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat"wire - fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support"coapt - fit tightly and fastenjoggle - fasten or join with a jogglejoint - fasten with a jointtoggle - fasten with, or as if with, a toggleunfasten - cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt"
	2.	fasten - become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"glue - be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"stick - fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"stick - fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"stick - fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"unfasten - become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"
	3.	fasten - attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"attach - cause to be attached
	4.	fasten - make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"tightenalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"frap - take up the slack of; "frap a rope"firm, tauten - make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"screw - tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on"wind up, wind - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"

fasten

verb1. secure, close, lock, chain, seal, bolt, do up He fastened the door behind him.2. tie, bind, lace, tie up The dress fastens down the back.3. fix, join, link, connect, grip, attach, anchor, affix, make firm, make fast Use screws to fasten the shelf to the wall.4. concentrate, focus, fix Her thoughts fastened on one event.5. direct, aim, focus, fix, concentrate, bend, rivet They fastened their gaze on the table and did not look up.

fasten

verb1. To join one thing to another:affix, attach, clip, connect, couple, fix, moor, secure.2. To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope:bind, knot, secure, tie, tie up.3. To make secure:anchor, catch, fix, moor, secure.Idiom: make fast.4. To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible:embed, entrench, fix, infix, ingrain, lodge, root.5. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:affix, assign, blame, fix, impute, pin on, place.

Translations

使固定

fasten

(ˈfaːsn) verb to fix or join (together). Fasten the gate!; She fastened a flower to the front of her dress; He fastened his eyes upon her face. 使固定 使固定ˈfastener noun something that fastens things (together). a zip-fastener. 扣件，鈕扣 扣件，钮扣