fasten
pronunciation
How to pronounce fasten in British English:
UK [ˈfɑːsn]
How to pronounce fasten in American English:
US [ˈfæsn]
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- Verb:
- cause to be firmly attached
- become fixed or fastened
- attach to
- make tight or tighter
Word Origin
- fasten
- fasten: [OE] Etymologically, fasten means ‘make fast’; it goes back ultimately to Germanic *fastuz, source of English fast. From this was derived a verb *fastinōjan, which passed into Old English as fæstnian. To begin with this seems only to have been used in the metaphorical sense ‘settle, establish’. The more concrete ‘attach’ is not recorded until the 12th century, and the earliest reference to its use for locking or bolting a door comes from as late as the mid-18th century.=> fast
- fasten (v.)
- Old English fæstnian "make fast, make firm, fix, secure," also "ratify, betroth, confirm," from Proto-Germanic *fastinon "to make firm or fast" (cognates: Old Frisian festnia "to make firm, bind fast," Old Saxon fastnon, Old High German fastnion, German festnen, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from PIE *fast "solid, firm" (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastening.
Example
- 1. Don 't forget to fasten the collar button .
- 2. And fasten it quite snugly at landing and takeoff , when crash danger is at a maximum
- 3. Then you can fasten the whole two-person sex pod to a stable object -- like captain pike or a guild navigator .
- 4. Fasten your seat belt all the time that you 're in the seat .
- 5. Please fasten your safety belt .