Definition of: fasten

(fas′ən, fäs′-) v.t.
1. To attach or secure to something else; connect.
2. To make fast; secure: to fasten a door.
3. To direct, as attention or the eyes, steadily.
4. To cause to cling or be attributed: to fasten blame.
—v.i.
5. To take fast hold; cling: usually with on.
6. To become firm or attached. See synonyms under BIND. [OE fœstnian <fœst fixed]
—fast′en·er noun