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• n  restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
• n  the act of fastening things together
• v  cause to be firmly attached
• v  become fixed or fastened
• v  attach to
• v  make tight or tighter

• The skin of the lowly vine is used as a weaving material and for binding (some fastening techniques are borrowed from traditional boat building), while rattan's surprisingly sturdy .
• With his new arm, he can dress himself (except for fastening his collar button), feed himself, write letters.
• After fastening his toll ticket between the plaster fingers, he whizzed by the collection station, left both ticket and hand in the grasp of a horrified attendant.

• fastener
• holdfast
• fixing
• attachment
• fasten
• fix
• secure
• tighten

• unfasten

News & Articles

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• Starborn Industries Introduces New Guide to Deck Fastening
  Full-color, 22-Page Brochure Highlights Latest Advanced Techniques for Top Fastening Decking Materials Ranging from Hardwoods to Composites [PR.com]
  June 27, 2013 - PR.com
• Boise Cascade Company New Distributor of the CAMO® Hidden Deck Fastening System
  Boise Cascade, Lathrop, Calif., is the newest distribution partner for National Nail Corp.'s CAMO Hidden Deck Fastening System. The new partnership will allow the Northern California customer base to have greater access to CAMO products. (PRWeb June 27, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10869080.htm
  June 27, 2013 - PRWeb
• Pop Rivet Distributor Bay Fastening Systems, Applauds the Efforts of Fine Arts Models for Constructing a Scale Model ...
  Bay Fastening Systems applauds the individuals involved in constructing a scale model of the Titanic following an article published in The Times Herald that details the construction and display of the model at the Moore Boathouse in St. Clair, MI. (PRWeb June 24, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/poprivet/06/prweb10841392.htm
  June 24, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Neelie Kroes in ForexTV.com
  EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "It is unacceptable that the major fastening technology producers colluded for such a long time to maintain artificial price levels and to share customers and markets for products which are used every...
• Jerry Seinfeld in Los Angeles Times
  You know those gold brads (fastening devices) that you have in scripts - I see them and I can't go on,Seinfeld says, not completely joking. "It's like 'the brads, the brads, don't show me the brads.'"
• Dannel Malloy in Norwalk Advocate
  There clearly were four-by-fours and other building materials that hadn't been fastened,Malloy said. "They are supposed to be fastening any building materials that could become airborne. That is the obligation of the builder."