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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place;
[syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]

2. the act of fastening things together;
[syn: fastening, attachment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fastening \Fas"ten*ing\, n. Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See Fast, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. [1913 Webster] The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To fasten a charge upon or To fasten a crime upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fastening n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]