"fasten" meaning in English

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      "form": "fastens",
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      "form": "fastened",
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      "form": "fastened",
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    {
      "form": "fastening",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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        {
          "word": "unfasten"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened."
        },
        {
          "text": "She fastened the gold chain around her neck."
        },
        {
          "text": "He fastened the top button of his shirt and chose a tie."
        }
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        "When you fasten a belt, a coat, a bag, etc., you join the two sides of it so it is closed."
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        {
          "word": "do up"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The blackboard had been fastened to the front wall for years."
        },
        {
          "text": "The paper was fastened together with tape."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you fasten one thing to another, you attach them."
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        {
          "text": "The boy's eyes were fastened on the TV."
        }
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        "If you fasten your eyes or gaze on something, you look at it carefully without looking away."
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        {
          "text": "The shirt was so small that the buttons wouldn't fasten."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If something won't fasten, its buttons or hooks won't join."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑːsən/",
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          "text": "Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened."
        },
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          "text": "She fastened the gold chain around her neck."
        },
        {
          "text": "He fastened the top button of his shirt and chose a tie."
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The shirt was so small that the buttons wouldn't fasten."
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