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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aground, anchored, bonded, caught, cemented, chained, close, fast, firm, fixed, glued, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, moored, packed, riveted, secure, set, settled, staple, stated, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, taped, tethered, tied, tight, transfixed, wedged
Dictionary Results for fastened:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fastened
    adj 1: firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a
           fastened seatbelt" [ant: unfastened]
    2: furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
       [syn: buttoned, fastened] [ant: unbuttoned,
       unfastened]
    3: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn:
       tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fastened \fastened\ adj.
   1. affixed. Opposite of unaffixed.

   Syn: secured.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. secured against opening; -- of doors, hatches, etc.

   Syn: latched.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Fastening.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n.
   See Fast, a.]
   1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot,
      lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to
      fasten a door or window.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach
      or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to
      cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards
      together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our
      thoughts.
      [1913 Webster]

            The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
            service of many successions of parties, with very
            different ideas fastened to them.     --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
      as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

            If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   To fasten a charge upon or To fasten a crime upon, to
      make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally
      believed.

   To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without
      cessation. --Acts iii. 4.

   Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
        [1913 Webster]

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