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Meanings of fastened in English

Portuguese
afixado
Catalan
fixat

Firmly closed or secured.

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afixado
Catalan
botonat

Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike.

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botonat
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Examples for "buttoned"
Examples for "buttoned"
1
Porky put the paper in his breast pocket and buttoned the flap.
The Boy Scouts on a Submarine
2
The brass-buttoned boy picked it up and handed it to Mrs. Blithers.
The Prince of Graustark
3
The overcoat when worn must be buttoned throughout and the collar hooked.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of ...
4
I guess I'm not the same buttoned-up girl you used to know.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
5
They open in the back, and are buttoned there-whenthere are buttons.
Chapters from My Autobiography
Catalan
lligat

Fastened with strings or cords.

Related terms
lligat
Usage of fastened in English
1
The slide in the deck above was fastened on the outside too.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
2
The door was fastened; he applied the key, opened it, and entered.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 / A Mag...
3
And, of course, they fastened munitions and machine parts together with rivets.
Reuters
4
The mind fastened on an actual and perfect goodness outside of itself.
The Chief End of Man
5
She read the Polish name fastened on the pane in white letters.
The Best Ghost Stories
6
An index pointer is fastened to the base of the polar axis.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
7
When this piece is fastened in place, the base can be removed.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
8
The thing has fastened on him; he will never give it up.
Northern Lights, Volume 2.
9
He fastened the end of the string to the rope and waited.
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
10
The threads were fastened everywhere now, and the uprights all in place.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
11
To-day, Red Robin was carefully blanketed and fastened in the new stable.
The Adventures of Ann: Stories of Colonial Times
12
And then Satan himself is chained and fastened securely in the abyss.
Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
13
He fastened the reins to the ring at the door and entered.
Doom Castle
14
Having fastened the rope around the trunk of the pine, she said:
The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp
15
Each sought one of the recumbent bodies and fastened itself in place.
The Chessmen of Mars
16
The fascinated eyes of all the officers fastened themselves upon the key.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
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Translations for fastened
Portuguese
afixado
Fastened through the time
Fastened across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common