fasten
41fasten on — {v. phr.} To attach; tie something to make it secure. * / Fasten on your life jackets when you get into the life boats, the captain said./ …
42fasten — verb ADVERB ▪ firmly, properly, securely, tightly ▪ We fastened all the windows securely. ▪ up ▪ together …
43fasten on — phr verb Fasten on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye …
44fasten — abhungern, Diät halten, eine Abmagerungskur/Diät/Fastenkur/Schlankheitskur machen, hungern, sich kasteien, Kilos/Pfunde loswerden, nichts essen; (geh.): darben, sich der Nahrung enthalten; (salopp): abspecken. * * * fasten:⇨hungern(1)… …
45fasten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. secure, make fast, attach, fix, bind, lock up. See junction, closure, restraint. Ant., unfasten, release. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make something secure] Syn. attach, lock, fix, tie, bind, lace,… …
46fasten — [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… …
47fasten\ on — v. phr. To attach; tie something to make it secure. Fasten on your life jackets when you get into the life boats, the captain said …
48fasten — fas•ten [[t]ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən[/t]] 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 5) to become fast, fixed, or firm 6) to close… …
49fasten — Ho opa a, hana pa a; ♦ fasten loosely, maulihilihi. Also: hākia, mākia, kākia, ōmau, pākōlea, paehi a, hīpu u (as a knot); ōmou (as a brooch); awaiāulu (as marriage tie) …
50fasten — [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… …
