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make fast
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fix, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prefix, rivet, secure, slap on, stick, tag on, tie, unite |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | clinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold securely; grab |
| Synonyms: | bolt, clamp, clasp, clench, clutch, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fasten, fix, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, lay hands on, make fast, nail, press, rivet, secure, seize, snatch, squeeze |
| Notes: | clench means to hold in a tight grasp while clinch means to settle conclusively - for example, hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | hitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | attach, chain, connect, couple, harness, hook, lash, make fast, moor, strap, tether, tie, unite, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, unchain, unfasten, unhitch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | latch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten with lock |
| Synonyms: | bar, bolt, cinch, close, close up, lock, make fast, secure |
| Antonyms: | loose, loosen, unfasten, unlatch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | moor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anchor, fasten securely |
| Synonyms: | berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up |
| Notes: | heath derives from Germanic for 'untilled land, open country' and originally the word 'heath' was used to denote any of the small northern and western European plants that grew on moorland, open woodland, or poor soil; a heath has sandy soil and a moor has peaty soil - but both are relatively barren tracts covered with shrubs |
| Antonyms: | loose, push off, unhitch |
| Main Entry: | peg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach |
| Synonyms: | clinch, fasten, fix, join, make fast, pin, secure, tighten |
| Antonyms: | detach, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach, tie up |
| Synonyms: | adjust, anchor, batten down, bind, bolt, button, button down, catch, cement, chain, clamp, clinch, close, fasten, fix, hitch, hook on, lash, lock, lock up, make fast, moor, nail, padlock, pinion, rivet, settle, tack, tie, tie down, tighten |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose, loosen, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position, place |
| Synonyms: | affix, aim, anchor, apply, arrange, bestow, cast, deposit, direct, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, fix, head, insert, install, introduce, lay, level, locate, lock, lodge, make fast, make ready, mount, park, plank, plant, plop, plunk, point, post, prepare, put, rest, seat, settle, situate, spread, station, stick, train, turn, wedge, zero in |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | displace, remove |
| Main Entry: | spike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | fasten, impale, lance, make fast, nail, pin, prick, skewer, spear, spit, stick, transfix |
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