Fasten

Definition

fasten / 'fɑ:sn; US 'fæsn / v ၁။ (က) ~ sth (down) ပတ္သည္။ ပိတ္သည္။ fasten down the lid of a box ❍ Please fasten your seat-belts. ❍ Have you fastened all the doors and windows? (ခ) ~ sth (up) ေစ့သည္။ ပိတ္သည္။ ေႏွာင္ သည္။ Fasten up your coat. ❍ The tent flaps should be securely fastened. (ဂ) ပိတ္သည္။ ေစ့သည္။ The door fastens with a latch. ❍ This dress fastens up (eg has buttons or a ZIP) at the back. ၂။ ~ sth (on/to sth) ; ~ A and B (together) တြဲသည္၊ တြယ္သည္၊ စိုက္သည္။ fasten two sheets of paper together (with a pin) ❍ fasten a brooch on a blouse ❍ ( fig ) He fastened his eyes on me. ❏ fasten on(to) sb/sth [ PHRV ] တြယ္သည္။ မဲသည္။ fasten onto an idea ❍ He was looking for someone to blame and fastened on me. ❏ fastener / 'fɑ:snǝ(r); US 'fæs- / ( also fastening) / 'fɑ: sniŋ; US 'fæs- /) n တြယ္စရာ ခ်ိတ္စရာ စသည္။ a zip-fastener ❍ a leather handbag with strap fastenings.

Examples

1. Please keep your seat belts fastened while the seat belt light is on.
2. [fasten something with something] : It was fastened with buttons down the front.
3. [fasten with] : These trousers fasten with buttons.
4. [fasten something to something] : We fastened our boat with rope to a post in the river.
5. [fasten something around something] : She fastened the rope around her ankle.
6. I checked that all the windows were properly fastened.
7. I can’t get the back gate to fasten.
8. [fasten around/on/onto/into] : His hand moved swiftly to fasten on her arm.
9. [fasten your arms/legs around someone/something] : She fastened her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly.