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fasten

verb
/ˈfɑːsn̩/UK/ˈfæsn̩/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *fastinōn✻ — “to secure, fasten”
  2. inherited from fæstnian
  3. inherited from fastenen

Definitions

  1. To attach or connect in a secure manner.

    • The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
    • Fasten your seat belts!
    • Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?

  2. To cause to take close effect

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

    • to fasten a blow
    • if I can fasten but one cup upon him

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Derived

bedfast, breastfast, colorfast, copperfasten, cragfast, fast, fastenable, fasten down, fastener, fastening, fasten up, handfast, headfast, holdfast, makefast, misfasten, refasten, shamefast, sitfast, soothfast, steadfast, unfasten

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fasten. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fasten. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at fasten

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA