fasten

Other forms of fasten

past tense

fastenned·

present participle

fastenning·

third person

fastens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fasten

What does fasten mean?

fasten means "cause to be firmly attached". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fasten?

fasten has 2 syllables: fas-ten. The stress falls on "fas". In IPA it is /ˈfæsən/.

What is another word for fasten?

Close synonyms include fix, secure, tighten. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of fasten?

The recorded antonyms are unfasten, unfasten.

Is fasten a common word?

fasten is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.