FASTEN

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fasten verb A. tranzitiv

1. a ataşa, a fixa, a lega; a strânge, a întări, a încleşta, a înţepeni (şi fig.); a asambla; a îmbina;

to fasten one’s eyes on a-şi aţinti privirea asupra (cu gen.);

to fasten two things together a fixa două obiecte împreună (cu ajutorul unui şurub etc.).

2. a închide, a încuia;

to fasten a door a încuia o uşă.

3. a încheia;

to fasten a glove a încheia o mănuşă.

4. (poligr.) a broşa, a coase.

5. to fasten by buckling a strânge bine catarama de la;

(rar) to fasten down an envelope a lipi un plic;

to fasten in a) a înfige (pari); b) a influenţa moralul (cuiva);

to fasten off a fixa (aţa);

to fasten on a atribui (cuiva), a pune pe seama (cuiva), a pune în cârca / spatele (cuiva);

to fasten a nickname on a porecli (pe cineva);

to fasten an obligation on smb. a fixa o obligaţie cuiva;

to fasten up a box a bate o ladă în cuie;

to fasten a quarrel upon a căuta ceartă (cuiva);

to fasten with buttons a încheia nasturii (unei haine), a butona;

to fasten with nails a prinde, a fixa, a bate în cuie;

to fasten with plaster a pune în ipsos.

fasten verb B. reflexiv

to fasten oneself on smb. a-şi pune speranţa în, a conta pe.

fasten verb C. intranzitiv

1. a se solidifica, a se întări.

2. to fasten on / upon a) a se agăţa / a se prinde de;

to fasten upon a pretext a se agăţa de un pretext; b) a se năpusti asupra (cu gen.), a se precipita asupra (cu gen.); a tăbărî pe; a tăbărî asupra (cu gen.); c) a se ţine de (cineva), a se ţine de capul (cuiva); d) a fi devotat cu trup şi suflet (cuiva).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

You see, it is not fastened down, only just laid there.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could see that the bolt of the lock had not been shot, but the door is fastened from the inside.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

On their backs, in bags that fastened tightly around underneath, the dogs carried from twenty to thirty pounds of weight.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“Why not fasten the tackle part way down the mast?” Maud suggested.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You had better change your frock now; I will go with you and fasten it.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

'Oh!' said he, 'I do think I can fasten the rivet; I like a job of this kind excessively.'—Which you know shewed him to be so very....

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I fastened the rod on end, marked out the direction of the shadow, and measured it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, for I thought I was just as good a man as anyone.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The plates of iron fastened at the bottom of the box (for those were the strongest) preserved the balance while it fell, and hindered it from being broken on the surface of the water.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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