Fasten
verb
To join or connect securely together.
Fasten your seatbelt before the car starts
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- fasten your seatbelt
- fasten the buttons
verb
To concentrate attention or effort.
Try to fasten your mind on the task at hand
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- fasten your mind
- fasten your attention
verb
To plant or graze securely.
Fasten the post into the ground
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- fasten the post
- fasten the stakes
verb
To make a firm grip.
Fasten your hands around the handle
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- fasten your hands
- fasten your grip
verb
To join or connect securely together.
Fasten your seatbelt before the car starts
Often appears as...
- fasten your seatbelt
- fasten the buttons
verb
To concentrate attention or effort.
Try to fasten your mind on the task at hand
Often appears as...
- fasten your mind
- fasten your attention
verb
To plant or graze securely.
Fasten the post into the ground
Often appears as...
- fasten the post
- fasten the stakes
verb
To make a firm grip.
Fasten your hands around the handle
Often appears as...
- fasten your hands
- fasten your grip
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Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Fasten's most common use relates to safety measures, such as seatbelts and helmets.
Please fasten your helmet properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Connection
Use fasten when referring to physically joining objects, often implying a strong bond.
Fasten the boards with nails to make the shelf.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Objects
Fasten applies to daily tasks, like clothing or assembling items, and is practical in nature.
Could you help me fasten this bracelet?
Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Fasten's most common use relates to safety measures, such as seatbelts and helmets.
Please fasten your helmet properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Connection
Use fasten when referring to physically joining objects, often implying a strong bond.
Fasten the boards with nails to make the shelf.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Objects
Fasten applies to daily tasks, like clothing or assembling items, and is practical in nature.
Could you help me fasten this bracelet?
Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Fasten's most common use relates to safety measures, such as seatbelts and helmets.
Please fasten your helmet properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Connection
Use fasten when referring to physically joining objects, often implying a strong bond.
Fasten the boards with nails to make the shelf.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Objects
Fasten applies to daily tasks, like clothing or assembling items, and is practical in nature.
Could you help me fasten this bracelet?
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
then these changes, though scary -- and, I say, inevitable -- are ultimately for the better, and therefore something that we should ride out. But I would say that -- and many other authors and speakers about this, other than me, have said, you know, fasten your seat belts because the change is coming. There are going to be big changes.
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New Species Found at...
to learn more about protecting the reef researchers also fastened boxes to the ocean floor they're called autonomous reef monitoring systems or arms for short creatures we'll treat them like coral and move right in then in a year or so scientists will come back to collect the
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Ian Goldin: Navigating...
We understand that these will become much more virulent, that what we see today is this interweaving of societies, of systems, fastened by technologies and hastened by just-in-time management systems. Small levels of stock push resilience into other people's responsibility.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
fasten your seat belts get your popcorn and snacks ready let's have a fantastic afternoon Drive I'm super excited Seb is on camera with me as I said in his super excited he hasn't been with me in a few days already said be missing him so maybe it'll be a tie today that
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Hula PIPE National...
legendary king who helped return the ancient practice to its rightful place at the center of Hawaiian culture hula dancers are judged on interpretation style and the authenticity of their costumes the way a skirt is wrapped or fastened the color of the cloth and
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Why do we cry? The three...
Right next to Iris is the mucus layer, which keeps the whole thing fastened to her. On top of it is the aqueous layer, which keeps Iris hydrated, repels invasive bacteria, and protects her skin, or cornea, from damage. And, finally, there is the lipid layer,
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The best way to help is...
They'd have sent her back home again. Back to him. She tightened her jacket -- well, fastened her jacket tightly to cover the blood. She looked back at herself in the mirror. She looked a little better than before but was past caring.
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Portugese Manowar PIPE...
are attracted to its seemingly protected position only to get zapped by the Man O'War now here's the gushy part the digestive organs enter the monstrous drama they wriggle and twist as they fasten their flexible mouths onto the
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Rediscovering ourselves...
a holy rage rise up it will say stand up inside your own skin unmask your unlived life feast on your animal heart and fasten your fist let loose the medicines from your own
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Sir David Attenborough...
these two certainly did to fasten them temporarily i used adhesive tape
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
then these changes, though scary -- and, I say, inevitable -- are ultimately for the better, and therefore something that we should ride out. But I would say that -- and many other authors and speakers about this, other than me, have said, you know, fasten your seat belts because the change is coming. There are going to be big changes.
Video examples
New Species Found at...
to learn more about protecting the reef researchers also fastened boxes to the ocean floor they're called autonomous reef monitoring systems or arms for short creatures we'll treat them like coral and move right in then in a year or so scientists will come back to collect the
Video examples
Ian Goldin: Navigating...
We understand that these will become much more virulent, that what we see today is this interweaving of societies, of systems, fastened by technologies and hastened by just-in-time management systems. Small levels of stock push resilience into other people's responsibility.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
fasten your seat belts get your popcorn and snacks ready let's have a fantastic afternoon Drive I'm super excited Seb is on camera with me as I said in his super excited he hasn't been with me in a few days already said be missing him so maybe it'll be a tie today that
Video examples
Hula PIPE National...
legendary king who helped return the ancient practice to its rightful place at the center of Hawaiian culture hula dancers are judged on interpretation style and the authenticity of their costumes the way a skirt is wrapped or fastened the color of the cloth and
Video examples
Why do we cry? The three...
Right next to Iris is the mucus layer, which keeps the whole thing fastened to her. On top of it is the aqueous layer, which keeps Iris hydrated, repels invasive bacteria, and protects her skin, or cornea, from damage. And, finally, there is the lipid layer,
Video examples
The best way to help is...
They'd have sent her back home again. Back to him. She tightened her jacket -- well, fastened her jacket tightly to cover the blood. She looked back at herself in the mirror. She looked a little better than before but was past caring.
Video examples
Portugese Manowar PIPE...
are attracted to its seemingly protected position only to get zapped by the Man O'War now here's the gushy part the digestive organs enter the monstrous drama they wriggle and twist as they fasten their flexible mouths onto the
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
a holy rage rise up it will say stand up inside your own skin unmask your unlived life feast on your animal heart and fasten your fist let loose the medicines from your own
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
these two certainly did to fasten them temporarily i used adhesive tape
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Orville Wright
American Inventor
When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
My parents had become adults during the Great Depression, as had many of my aunts and uncles, so I got stories from all of them. They are fastened up inside me, and now and again, they have to come out.
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Adriano Giannini
Italian Actor
I hate the beep beep of the car, when I put in motion and I have not fasten my seat belt. From how annoying this sound is to me every morning, I understand immediately how the day will be.
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Saint Francis de Sales
Swiss Clergyman
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
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Julia Cameron
American Author
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.
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Gerald McRaney
American Actor
We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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Ani DiFranco
American Musician
People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.
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Georges Braque
French Artist
Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.
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Orville Wright
American Inventor
When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
Quote examples
Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
My parents had become adults during the Great Depression, as had many of my aunts and uncles, so I got stories from all of them. They are fastened up inside me, and now and again, they have to come out.
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Adriano Giannini
Italian Actor
I hate the beep beep of the car, when I put in motion and I have not fasten my seat belt. From how annoying this sound is to me every morning, I understand immediately how the day will be.
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Saint Francis de Sales
Swiss Clergyman
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
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Julia Cameron
American Author
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.
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Gerald McRaney
American Actor
We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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Ani DiFranco
American Musician
People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.
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Georges Braque
French Artist
Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.
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