fasten

1 cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fix, secure] [ant: unfasten]

2 become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" [ant: unfasten]

3 attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"

4 make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten]

English

Etymology

fæstnian

Verb

1. To attach or connect in a secure manner

   The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.

Translations

German

Etymology

Old High German fastēn

Verb

fasten

1. to fast

Related terms

• Fasten
• Fastnacht

Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *fastejan, whence also Old English fæstan, Old Norse fasta

Verb

fastēn

1. to fast

Connection, Connected, Connectivity, or Connexion may refer to:

• Connected (Stereo MC's album) is a 1992 album by the Stereo MC's
• "Connected" (Stereo MCs song) is a 1992 song by the Stereo MC's
• Connected (Foreign Exchange album) is an album by The Foreign Exchange
• "Connected" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki.
• "Connected" (RBD song), a song by RBD.
• "Connection" (Elastica song), a song released by the britpop group Elastica
• "Connection (Rolling Stones song)", a song by the Rolling Stones.
• Connection (dance), the primary means of communication between the lead and follow
• "Connection", a song by Avail from their 1992 album Satiate
• Connect Music Festival, which is held in Inverary, Scotland
• Connected category, a category in which, for every two objects, there is at least one morphism connecting them
• Connected space, a topological space which cannot be written as the disjoint union of two or more nonempty open spaces
• Connected sum
• Connection (mathematics), a way of specifying a derivative of a vector field along another vector field on a manifold
• Levi-Civita connection, used in general relativity
• Connectedness, in mathematics, a property of a topological space, graph or category (with different meanings)
• Connectivity (computer science)
• Connectivity (graph theory)
• The effect of a fastener
• Connections (game)
• Database Connection
• Electrical connection, allows the flow of electrons
• Interconnectivity, in science, the redundant interaction of many small parts to form a greater whole.
• Landscape connectivity
• Telecommunication circuit, the complete path between two terminals
• Connections (The Entertainment Technology Magazine)
• [[Connectivity-A Ferdism flooring term to explain how one floor transitions to another, See also green mango diet; and how long toenails cause gout]]*Sportsnet Connected, a sports news program that airs in Canada
• The Yogurt Connection, a drug ring
• Connect Yorkshire, a not-for-profit business network.

Connections may refer to:

• Connections (journal), a military/defense periodical
• Connections (TV series), James Burke's documentary television series
• Connections (game show), a British game show of the 1980s
• Connections Academy, a free public school that students attend from home

Connexion or Connexxion may refer to:

• Connexion (religion), a circuit of prayer groups who would employ travelling ministers
• Connexion by Boeing
• Connexxion, the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands
• PhyQuest Connexion, a risk-reduction system

Connect may refer to:

• Connect (trade union) A Union for technology workers in the UK
• Sony Connect, an online music store
• Microsoft Connect

Connected may refer to:

• Connected, 2007 comedy televisions series

See also

• Connexion
• Connectedness
• Connectionalism
• CONNECT
• Link
• Rapport
• Six degrees of separation
• Musical form
• Connectivity or Permeability (spatial and transport planning)

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