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To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.
(verb-transitive)
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To make fast or secure.
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To close, as by fixing firmly in place.
(verb-transitive)
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To fix or direct steadily: fastened her gaze on the stranger.
(verb-transitive)
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To place; attribute: fastened the blame on the weather.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.