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fastening
Overview of noun fastening
The noun fastening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
2. fastening, attachment -- (the act of fastening things together)
Overview of verb fasten
The verb fasten has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (13) fasten, fix, secure -- (cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man")
2. (4) fasten -- (become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back")
3. (2) fasten -- (attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other")
4. tighten, fasten -- (make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
fastening, attachment
=> joining, connection, connexion
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> bellyband
=> buckle
=> button
=> carabiner, karabiner, snap ring
=> catch
=> clasp
=> cleat
=> clinch
=> clip
=> clothespin, clothes pin, clothes peg
=> corrugated fastener, wiggle nail
=> cotter, cottar
=> cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet
=> dowel, dowel pin, joggle
=> fillet, stopping
=> hook and eye
=> knot
=> lashing
=> link, linkup, tie, tie-in
=> lock
=> locker
=> nail
=> nut and bolt
=> paper fastener
=> pin
=> screw
=> seal
=> sealing wax, seal
=> slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener
=> snap, snap fastener, press stud
=> toggle
=> toggle bolt
Sense 2
fastening, attachment
=> bonding, soldering
=> doweling
=> grounding, earthing
=> linkage
=> tying, ligature
=> welding
=> fixation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
Sense 2
fastening, attachment
=> joining, connection, connexion
Antonyms of noun fastening
Member Holonyms of noun fastening
Substance Holonyms of noun fastening
Part Holonyms of noun fastening
Member Meronyms of noun fastening
Substance Meronyms of noun fastening
Part Meronyms of noun fastening
Meronyms of noun fastening
Holonyms of noun fastening
Attributes of noun fastening
Derived Forms of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
RELATED TO>(verb) fasten#2
=> fasten
Sense 2
fastening, attachment
RELATED TO>(verb) fasten#1
=> fasten, fix, secure
Domain of noun fastening
Domain Terms of noun fastening
Familiarity of noun fastening
fastening used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
> restraint, constraint
=> air bag
=> airbrake, dive brake
=> arrester, arrester hook
=> band
=> brake
=> brake pad
=> brake shoe, shoe, skid
=> catch, stop
=> chain
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> gag, muzzle
=> leash, tether, lead
=> lock, ignition lock
=> muzzle
=> safety belt, life belt, safety harness
=> sea anchor, drogue
=> shackle, bond, hamper, trammel
=> trammel
Sense 2
fastening, attachment
> joining, connection, connexion
=> hit
=> interconnection
=> intersection
=> approximation, bringing close together
=> concatenation
=> convergence, converging, convergency
=> encounter, coming upon
=> articulation
=> junction, adjunction
=> fastening, attachment
Meronyms of noun fastening
2 senses of fastening
Sense 1
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun fastening
Grep of noun fastening
fastening
unfastening
Antonyms of verb fasten
2 of 4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
Antonym of unfasten (Sense 1)
=>unfasten
Sense 2
fasten
Antonym of unfasten (Sense 2)
=>unfasten
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fasten
4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 2
fasten
=> attach
=> join, conjoin
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 3
fasten
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 4
tighten, fasten
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fasten
3 of 4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
=> strap
=> tie, bind
=> rig
=> bitt
=> latch
=> garter
=> chain
=> cable
=> picket
=> rope up
=> cinch, girth
=> bind, bandage
=> cramp
=> cleat
=> anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
=> anchor, ground
=> moor
=> moor, berth, tie up
=> spike
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
=> crank
=> noose
=> chock
=> brad
=> bight
=> belay
=> belay
=> bar
=> clamp
=> velcro
=> stay
=> clinch
=> clinch
=> lock
=> lock up
=> hasp
=> zip up, zipper, zip
=> tack
=> string
=> hook
=> belt
=> cement
=> grout
=> staple
=> rivet
=> button
=> pin
=> hang, hang up
=> hang
=> lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
=> entrench, intrench
=> buckle, clasp
=> brooch, clasp
=> stake
=> wire
=> coapt
=> joggle
=> joint
=> toggle
Sense 2
fasten
=> glue
=> stick
=> stick
=> stick
Sense 4
tighten, fasten
=> frap
=> tauten, firm
=> screw
=> wind, wind up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fasten
4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
Sense 2
fasten
=> attach
Sense 3
fasten
=> attach
Sense 4
tighten, fasten
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb fasten
1 of 4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
=> fasten
Derived Forms of verb fasten
2 of 4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
RELATED TO>(noun) fastener#1
=> fastener
RELATED TO>(noun) fastener#2
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
RELATED TO>(noun) fastening#2
=> fastening, attachment
Sense 2
fasten
RELATED TO>(noun) fastener#2
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
RELATED TO>(noun) fastening#1
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
Domain of verb fasten
Domain Terms of verb fasten
Familiarity of verb fasten
fasten used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb fasten
4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
fasten
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
fasten
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 4
tighten, fasten
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fasten
4 senses of fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
> attach
=> fixate, fix
=> tether
=> fasten
=> hinge
=> bell
=> ring, band
=> couple, couple on, couple up
=> affix
=> bind
=> hitch, catch
=> append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on
=> append, add on, supplement, affix
=> tape
=> glue, paste
=> pin down, pin up
=> peg, peg down
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> mount
=> affix, stick on
=> nail
=> hook up
=> clip
=> insert, infix, enter, introduce
=> yoke
=> harness, tackle
=> yoke, link
=> saddle
=> tag, label, mark
=> limber, limber up
Sense 2
fasten
> attach
=> agglutinate
=> implant
=> fasten
=> adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
=> spat
Sense 3
fasten
> attach
=> fixate, fix
=> tether
=> fasten
=> hinge
=> bell
=> ring, band
=> couple, couple on, couple up
=> affix
=> bind
=> hitch, catch
=> append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on
=> append, add on, supplement, affix
=> tape
=> glue, paste
=> pin down, pin up
=> peg, peg down
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> mount
=> affix, stick on
=> nail
=> hook up
=> clip
=> insert, infix, enter, introduce
=> yoke
=> harness, tackle
=> yoke, link
=> saddle
=> tag, label, mark
=> limber, limber up
Sense 4
tighten, fasten
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fasten
Sense 1
fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
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Sense 2
fasten
=> attach
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Sense 3
fasten
=> attach
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Sense 4
tighten, fasten
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb fasten
fasten
fasten on
unfasten
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