fastened 1 of 2

adjective

as in attached

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fastened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of fasten
1
as in affixed
to cause (something) to hold to another use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form

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2
as in secured
to put securely in place or in a desired position don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent

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3
as in focused
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done

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Recent Examples of fastened
Verb
Brady is also excited about the Alter G, a treadmill with a harness fastened to it. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The Small Print Slogans travel faster than the conditions fastened to them, and this one has fairly bolted. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Clasping my head is a swimmer’s cap of electrodes fastened under my chin. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026 The map shows other towers close by, each radiating a string that is fastened to the map when other towers radio in readings. — Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The screaming engine bounced under a rusty white hood that appeared to be fastened in place by a bungee cord. — Literary Hub, 31 July 2026 Icelandic poet, novelist and essayist Andri Snær Magnason was tasked with commemorating Ok, his words etched into copper and fastened to rock uncovered by the glacier’s retreating ice. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Ryanair disputed claims that its crew failed to respond, saying airline procedures require crew members to remain seated with seatbelts fastened and oxygen masks on during rapid decompression. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 July 2026 How To Train Rose Canes The canes of climbing roses must be fastened to their support system to direct growth. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastened
  1. attached
  2. affixed
  3. secured
  4. focused
  5. bound
  6. tied
  7. clamped
  8. riveted
Adjective
  • Luckily, most clothes have their own set of washing instructions, conveniently located on the attached care label.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The residence has a total of seven bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and a powder room in 6,200 square feet, including an apartment above the attached two-car garage.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of attached
Verb
  • The seafoam green silk piece also comes with three rosette pins affixed at the shoulder.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Rounding out her ensemble, Camilla stepped into a pair of beige Eliot Zed heels affixed with buckle accents and short heels.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of affixed
Verb
  • Adebo could still push Banks, while Phillips has secured the slot job.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • As with the Pattern One, the grip ended in a round top nut, which secured the rat-tail tang to the grip, though the fitting was now done by cutting off the tang to length and cutting in the screw to take the nut.
    — David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
Verb
  • The secretary insisted he is focused on leading the War Department.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Technical sheets and certification data The release of ElectroFlex broadens the technical work at SolarWindow, which previously focused on liquid coatings that turn building window glass into power-generating surfaces.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of focused
Adjective
  • The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
  • To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Wisconsin is experiencing its largest outbreak in decades, while Georgia health officials are working to contain a cluster tied to a metro Atlanta day care center.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But there is something else tied to his Jewish heritage that keeps things in perspective — the struggles his grandmother went through escaping liquidation at the hand of the Nazis in her Polish hometown.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • CFMoto Stopping duties come courtesy of Brembo, featuring dual 320-mm front discs clamped by radial four-piston calipers and backed by a 260-mm rear disc.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of clamped
Verb
  • The back-and-forth is the latest twist in a corporate saga that has riveted Hollywood in recent months.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Archaeologists found charcoal, animal bones (none of them chicken bones), Carhartt buttons dating back to the first half of the 20th century and a shovel head that appeared to have been re-riveted by hand multiple times before it was discarded.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of riveted

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“Fastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastened. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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