See fasten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"text": "The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Fasten your seat belts!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43",
"text": "The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them."
}
],
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"To attach or connect in a secure manner."
],
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"intransitive",
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[
"attach",
"attach"
],
[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner."
],
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"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "taxmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svǎrzvam",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "свързвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakrepvam",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "закрепвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìzhù",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "系住"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kòuzhù",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "扣住"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "閂上"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuānshàng",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "闩上"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "připoutat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "připevnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fastgøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fæstne"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "sætte fast"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "hæfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "vastmaken"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "kiinnittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "attacher"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "amarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "trincar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damagreba",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "დამაგრება"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimagreba",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "მიმაგრება"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "befestigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "festmachen"
},
{
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "gawidan",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽"
},
{
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"roman": "déno",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "δένω"
},
{
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "πήγνυμι"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "exáptō",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "ἐξάπτω"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "rögzít"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "ceangail"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "greamaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "しめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimeru",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "締める"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "とめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tomeru",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "留める"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "butuá"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "bôtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "nectō"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "pangō"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"note": "with a pin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "segti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakatina"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakangita"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"english": "around the wrist",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tīpona"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg, nail, or wedge",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "makatiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a pin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "pine"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "titi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakamau"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with an adhesive",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakapiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with an adhesive",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakarapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a lock or bolt",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakarawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a rope",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "kōtui"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tautara"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tāmau"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "mātiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakananawe"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a line",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "pona"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "spenne fast"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "feste"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "feste"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bağlamak",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "باغلامق"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bastan",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "بستن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapinać"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "with buttons",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapiąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "apertar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "firmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "segurar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fixa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atașa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "закрепля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krepítʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "крепи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakrepítʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "закрепи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "taxmaq"
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xìzhù",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "系住"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "kòuzhù",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "閂上"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shuānshàng",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "闩上"
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "připoutat"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "připevnit"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fastgøre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fæstne"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "sætte fast"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "hæfte"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "vastmaken"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "kiinnittää"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "attacher"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fixer"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "amarrar"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "trincar"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atar"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damagreba",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "დამაგრება"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimagreba",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "მიმაგრება"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "befestigen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "festmachen"
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gawidan",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"roman": "exáptō",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "ceangail"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"note": "with a pin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"code": "mi",
"english": "around the wrist",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tīpona"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg, nail, or wedge",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "makatiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a pin",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "pine"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "titi"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakamau"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with an adhesive",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakapiri"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with an adhesive",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakarapa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a lock or bolt",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakarawa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a rope",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "kōtui"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tautara"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "tāmau"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a peg",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "mātiti"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "whakananawe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with a line",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "pona"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "spenne fast"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "feste"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "feste"
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bağlamak",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "باغلامق"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bastan",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "بستن"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"word": "zapinać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "with buttons",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zapiąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "apertar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "firmar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "segurar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fixa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atașa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "закрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krepítʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"word": "крепи́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zakrepítʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
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"word": "закрепи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privjázyvatʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "привя́зывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privjazátʹ",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "привяза́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "atar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "abrochar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "fästa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "sätta fast"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "spänna fast"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "to attach or connect in a secure manner",
"word": "bọp"
}
],
"word": "fasten"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.