Definition of Fastened

1. Adjective. Firmly closed or secured. "A fastened seatbelt"

Similar to: Pegged-down
Antonyms: Unfastened

2. Adjective. Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike.
Exact synonyms: Buttoned
Similar to: Botonee, Botonnee, Button-down
Antonyms: Unbuttoned

3. Adjective. Fastened with strings or cords. "A neatly tied bundle"
Exact synonyms: Tied
Similar to: Knotted
Antonyms: Untied

Definition of Fastened

1. Verb. (past of fasten) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fastened

1. fasten [v] - See also: fasten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastened

fast yellow AB
fastback
fastbacks
fastball
fastball count
fastballer
fastballers
fastbreak
fastbreaks
fastbreeder reactor
fasted
fasten
fasten on
fastenable
fastened (current term)
fastener
fasteners
fastening
fastenings
fastens
faster
faster-than-light
fasters
fastest
fasteth
fastgrowing
fasti
fastidiosities
fastidiosity

Literary usage of Fastened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"... been constitutional with him, but was interrupted “ by my lord the Earl of Berkeley, who fastened . ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"When this was done, they amongst them erected a pillar, and fastened the giant's head thereon, and wrote under it, in letters that passengers might read,— ..."

3. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"It was hard, when I had fastened my hold on him, at last, to loosen it again of my own accord—but I forced myself to make the sacrifice. ..."

4. Collected Papers of Henry Bradshaw by Henry Bradshaw, Francis Jenkinson (1889)
"NOTE B. On the engravings fastened into the Lambeth copy of the Salisbury ... The devotional pictures fastened into it must have been inserted much earlier ..."

5. Report by California, State Board of Harbor Commissioners (1903)
"Work done April 16, 1902— 19 piles furnished and fastened, at $11.50 per pile.. $218 50 27994 feet lumber furnished and fastened, at $22.35 per 1000 feet ..."

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