[fas-uh-ner, fah-suh-] 
| 1. | any of various devices for fastening. |
| 2. | any of various devices, as a snap or hook and eye, for holding together two objects or parts sometimes required to be separate, as two edges or flaps of a piece of clothing. |
| 3. | a worker who fastens things together. |
| fas·ten (fās'ən) v. fas·tened, fas·ten·ing, fas·tens v. tr.
[Middle English fastnen, from Old English fæstnian; see past- in Indo-European roots.] fas'ten·er n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause to remain firmly in position or place: fastened our seat belts; anchored the television antenna to the roof; fixed the flagpole in concrete; will moor the rowboat at the dock; secured the bolt after closing the door. |
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