fastened

fastened
    adj 1: firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a
           fastened seatbelt" [ant: {unfastened}]
    2: furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
       [syn: {buttoned}, {fastened}] [ant: {unbuttoned},
       {unfastened}]
    3: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn:
       {tied}, {fastened}] [ant: {unfastened}, {untied}]
    

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.
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   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.
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            The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
            service of many successions of parties, with very
            different ideas fastened to them.     --Swift.
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   3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
      as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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            If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
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   {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.
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fastened \fastened\ adj.
   1. affixed. Opposite of {unaffixed}.

   Syn: secured.
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   2. secured against opening; -- of doors, hatches, etc.

   Syn: latched.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "fastened":
      aground, anchored, bonded, caught, cemented, chained, close, fast,
      firm, fixed, glued, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted,
      inextricable, jammed, moored, packed, riveted, secure, set,
      settled, staple, stated, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, taped,
      tethered, tied, tight, transfixed, wedged