fastens

VERB

make secure; join together

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adhere affix attach bolt glue nail screw solder tighten truss weld

STRONG

anchor band bar batten belt bind bond brace button catch cement chain cleave close cohere connect couple embed establish fix girth grip hitch hold hook implant infix jam knot lace leash link lock lodge moor mortise rivet rope seal set settle stick strengthen string tag tie unite wedge

WEAK

freeze to hitch on hook up make firm stay put tack on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

detach disconnect disjoin let go loose loosen release separate unfasten

STRONG

allow confuse destroy discourage displace dissuade divide forget free halt leave lose open permit refuse remove unfix unhitch unlace unlock unseal unsettle unstick untie

WEAK

unchain unlink

Example Sentences

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The straps on the chair to hold his feet in place don’t seem to be working properly, so a crew member refastens them three times.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

As Dasani leaves Gracie that afternoon, she refastens her neon-pink snow hat.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2013

Ginny bends down to kiss Maggie’s head, the part between the plastic barrettes that Maggie repeatedly refastens each morning, wanting to look, she says, “right.”

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2011

Her hands are shaking as she refastens her purse, and when it’s closed, she faces me and says, “No, excuse me for raising such a self-absorbed daughter.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Then she calmly smooths down her glove, then refastens a bracelet that has come undone, while he, with a bored expression on his face, waits impatiently.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)