[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fasten \fas"ten\, v. t. imp.  p. p. fastened; p. pr.  vb.
   n. fastening. as. faestnian; akin to ohg. festin=on.
   see fast, a.
   1. to fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot,
      lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to
      fasten a door or window.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to hold together or to something else; to attach
      or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to
      cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards
      together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our
      thoughts.
      1913 webster

            the words whig and tory have been pressed to the
            service of many successions of parties, with very
            different ideas fastened to them.     --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
      as, to fasten a blow. obs. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            if i can fasten but one cup upon him. --shak.
      1913 webster

   to fasten a charge upon or to fasten a crime upon, to
      make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally
      believed.

   to fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without
      cessation. --acts iii. 4.

   syn: to fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
        1913 webster
see also:
fastened fastening fast to fasten a charge upon to fasten a crime upon to fasten one's eyes upon 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fastening \fas"tening\, n.
   anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt,
   bar, buckle, etc.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fastening
     n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in
          place syn: fastener, holdfast, fixing
     2: the act of fastening things together syn: attachment
see also:
fastener holdfast fixing attachment 

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