| fasten | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ strap | secure (a sprained joint) with a strap. |
| ~ tie, bind | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
| ~ rig | connect or secure to.; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition" |
| ~ bitt | secure with a bitt.; "bitt the ship line" |
| ~ latch | fasten with a latch.; "latch the door" |
| ~ garter | fasten with or as if with a garter. |
| ~ chain | fasten or secure with chains.; "Chain the chairs together" |
| ~ cable | fasten with a cable.; "cable trees" |
| ~ picket | fasten with a picket.; "picket the goat" |
| ~ rope up | attach to one another, for safety.; "The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ cinch, girth | tie a cinch around.; "cinch horses" |
| ~ bandage, bind | wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose. |
| ~ cramp | secure with a cramp.; "cramp the wood" |
| ~ cleat | secure on a cleat.; "cleat a line" |
| ~ cast anchor, drop anchor, anchor | secure a vessel with an anchor.; "We anchored at Baltimore" |
| ~ anchor, ground | fix firmly and stably.; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" |
| ~ moor | secure with cables or ropes.; "moor the boat" |
| ~ moor, berth, tie up | secure in or as if in a berth or dock.; "tie up the boat" |
| ~ spike | secure with spikes. |
| ~ sew, sew together, stitch, run up | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| ~ crank | fasten with a crank. |
| ~ noose | secure with a noose. |
| ~ chock | secure with chocks. |
| ~ brad | fasten with brads. |
| ~ bight | fasten with a bight. |
| ~ belay | fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat. |
| ~ belay | turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him. |
| ~ bar | secure with, or as if with, bars.; "He barred the door" |
| ~ clamp | fasten or fix with a clamp.; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened" |
| ~ velcro | fasten with Velcro.; "velcro the belt" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stay | fasten with stays. |
| ~ clinch | flatten the ends (of nails and rivets).; "the nails were clinched" |
| ~ clinch | secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts.; "The girder was clinched into the wall" |
| ~ lock | fasten with a lock.; "lock the bike to the fence" |
| ~ lock up | secure by locking.; "lock up the house before you go on vacation" |
| ~ hasp | secure or lock with a hasp. |
| ~ zip, zip up, zipper | close with a zipper.; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" |
| ~ tack | fasten with tacks.; "tack the notice on the board" |
| ~ string | string together; tie or fasten with a string.; "string the package" |
| ~ hook | fasten with a hook. |
| ~ belt | fasten with a belt.; "belt your trousers" |
| ~ cement | bind or join with or as if with cement. |
| ~ grout | bind with grout.; "grout the bathtub" |
| ~ staple | secure or fasten with a staple or staples.; "staple the papers together" |
| ~ rivet | fasten with a rivet or rivets. |
| ~ button | fasten with buttons.; "button the dress" |
| ~ pin | attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.; "pin the needle to the shirt"; "pin the blame on the innocent man" |
| ~ hang, hang up | cause to be hanging or suspended.; "Hang that picture on the wall" |
| ~ hang | place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction.; "hang a door" |
| ~ deposit, stick, wedge, lodge | put, fix, force, or implant.; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
| ~ entrench, intrench | fix firmly or securely. |
| ~ buckle, clasp | fasten with a buckle or buckles. |
| ~ brooch, clasp | fasten with or as if with a brooch. |
| ~ stake | tie or fasten to a stake.; "stake your goat" |
| ~ wire | fasten with wire.; "The columns were wired to the beams for support" |
| ~ coapt | fit tightly and fasten. |
| ~ joggle | fasten or join with a joggle. |
| ~ joint | fasten with a joint. |
| ~ toggle | fasten with, or as if with, a toggle. |
| v. (contact) | 2. fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ glue | be fixed as if by glue.; "His eyes were glued on her" |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ stick | fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
| ~ stick | fasten with or as with pins or nails.; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 3. fasten | attach to.; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (change) | 4. fasten, tighten | make tight or tighter.; "Tighten the wire" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ frap | take up the slack of.; "frap a rope" |
| ~ firm, tauten | make taut or tauter.; "tauten a rope" |
| ~ screw | tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions.; "Screw the bottle cap on" |
| ~ wind up, wind | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.; "wind your watch" |
| shut | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| ~ snap | close with a snapping motion.; "The lock snapped shut" |
| ~ slat | close the slats of (windows). |
| ~ slam, bang | close violently.; "He slammed the door shut" |
| ~ shutter | close with shutters.; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool" |
| ~ draw | move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains" |
| ~ roll up | close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle.; "she rolled up the window when it started to rain" |
| ~ bung | close with a cork or stopper. |
| ~ close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ seal, seal off | make tight; secure against leakage.; "seal the windows" |
| v. (contact) | 2. close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| v. (social) | 3. exclude, keep out, shut, shut out | prevent from entering; shut out.; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" |
| ~ excommunicate, unchurch, curse | exclude from a church or a religious community.; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" |
| ~ lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike. |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ ostracise, ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with.; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" |
| adj. | 4. closed, shut, unopen | not open.; "the door slammed shut" |
| ~ closed | not open or affording passage or access.; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" |
| adj. | 5. closed, shut | used especially of mouth or eyes.; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" |
| ~ blinking, winking | closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" |
| ~ compressed, tight | pressed tightly together.; "with lips compressed" |
| ~ squinched, squinting | having eyes half closed in order to see better.; "squinched eyes" |
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