Dictionary Definition
fasten
Verb
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
fæstnianVerb
Translations
to attach or connect in a secure manner
- Czech: připoutat, připevnit
- Dutch: vastmaken
- French: attacher, fixer
- Greek: δένω
- Japanese: 締める
- Spanish: atar, unir, juntar
German
Etymology
Old High German fastēnVerb
fasten- to fast
Old High German
Verb
fastēn- to fast
Extensive Definition
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
wiktionarypar connexion
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
fasten in Chuvash: Çыхăну
fasten in Danish: Forbindelse
fasten in German: Anschluss
fasten in French: Connexion
fasten in Hungarian: Kapcsolat
fasten in Dutch: Aansluiting
fasten in Russian: Связь
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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