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Meaning of make fast | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To tie reliably.

Equivalents

العربية وكد
Українська кріпити

Examples

“I pulled back, made fast again to the jetty, and then went to sleep at last.”
“It is a well-known fact that an immense proportion of boat accidents would never happen if people held the sheet in their hands instead of making it fast; and yet, unless it be some martinet of a professional mariner or some landsman with shattered nerves, every one of God's creatures makes it fast.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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