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Dictionary: fas·ten·ing   (făs'ə-nĭng) pronunciation
n.
Something, such as a hook, used to attach one thing to another firmly.


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
  Synonyms: fastener, holdfast, fixing

Meaning #2: the act of fastening things together
  Synonym: attachment


Translations: Fastening
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lukning, binding, befæstning, søm, skrue, beslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
sluiting

Français (French)
n. - action d'attacher, fixage, fixation (de qn sur qch), boulonnage, agrafage, agrafes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Befestigen, Befestigungsvorrichtung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγκράφα, φερμουάρ, δέσιμο

Italiano (Italian)
chiusura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fixação (f)

Русский (Russian)
связывание, деталь крепления

Español (Spanish)
n. - cierre, sujetador, amarradura, cerradura, que sirve para sujetar, unir, etc.

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fastsättning, fästanordning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
扣紧, 系结物, 扎牢

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 扣緊, 繫結物, 紮牢

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잠금, 걸어 맴, 잠그는 기구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 締めること, 締め具

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تثبيت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בריח, מהדק‬


 
 
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