FASTEN

fasten

Verb

  1. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
    The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
    Fasten your seatbelts!
    Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
  2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
    to fasten a blow


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