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fasten

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. to fix or join (together). Fasten the gate!; She fastened a flower to the front of her dress; He fastened his eyes upon her face. vasmaak, toemaak, vestig (op) يُثْبِت завързвам prender zavřít; připevnit; soustředit, upnout schließen, befestigen, heften spænde; fæstne στερεώνω, δένωfijar kinnitama بستن kiinnittää attacher לְהַדֵק बांधना, बंध जाना, जकड़ना pričvrstiti, zakvačiti rögzít melekatkan festa, binda, spenna chiudere; fissare, attaccare 固定する 고정시키다 uždaryti, pritvirtinti, įsmeigti piest...
  2. something that fastens things (together). a zip-fastener. vasmaker, sluiter, vasmaakmiddel أداة تَثْبيت، إبْزيم закопчалка fecho spona, klips, zip der Verschluß lås φερμουάρ, αγκράφαcierre kinnitusvahend وصل کننده؛ بست kiinnitin attach מהדק बांधने वाला kvačica, kopča zár, kapocs penutup festing chiusura ファスナー 잠그는 것 segtuvas, segtukas (tērpa) aizdare kancing sluitinglukker, lås, haspzapięcie تړونكى، نښلوونكى، چنګك fecho înche­ietoare засов; зажим; застежка zips, gombík ap. sponka; zadrga kopča...
  3. sujetar; amarrar; abrochar; abotonar.
  4. To attach firmly to something else, as by pinning or nailing.
  5. To make fast or secure: fastened the children into their car seats.
  6. To fix or direct steadily: fastened her gaze on the stranger.
  7. To place; attribute: fastened the blame on the weather.
  8. To impose (oneself) without welcome.
  9. To become attached, fixed, or joined: barnacles that had fastened to the ship's bottom.
  10. To focus one's sight or attention on something: fasten on a notion.

Equivalents

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العربيةإربط
Azərbaycan dilitaxmaq
Bosanskiatarněčto
Catalàcordar
Danskhæfte
Ελληνικάδένω
فارسیبستن
Hrvatskiatarněčto
Magyarrögzít
Kurdîpîne
Lietuviųsegti
Te Reo Māoripinepona
Nederlandsvastmaken
Portuguêsapertaratarfirmarsegurar
Românăatașafixa
Српскиatarněčto

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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