FASTENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fastening mean? 

• FASTENING (noun)
  The noun FASTENING has 2 senses:

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

2. the act of fastening things together

  Familiarity information: FASTENING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASTENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast

Hypernyms ("fastening" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fastening"):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)

toggle bolt (a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls)

lashing (rope that is used for fastening something to something else)

link; linkup; tie; tie-in (a fastener that serves to join or connect)

lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

locker (a fastener that locks or closes)

nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)

nut and bolt (a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt)

paper fastener (a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place)

pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

seal (fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure)

seal; sealing wax (fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

press stud; snap; snap fastener (a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound)

toggle (a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable))

hook and eye (a kind of fastener used on clothing)

fillet; stopping (fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members)

dowel; dowel pin; joggle (a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together)

cringle; eyelet; grommet; grummet; loop (fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines)

cottar; cotter (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)

corrugated fastener; wiggle nail (a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side; hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry)

clothes peg; clothes pin; clothespin (wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline)

clip (any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together)

clinch (the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet)

cleat (a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured)

clasp (a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together)

catch (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window)

carabiner; karabiner; snap ring (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)

button (a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes)

buckle (fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong)

bellyband (a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon)

Derivation:

fasten (become fixed or fastened)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of fastening things together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

attachment; fastening

Hypernyms ("fastening" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fastening"):

doweling (fastening by dowels)

earthing; grounding (fastening electrical equipment to earth)

linkage (the act of linking things together)

ligature; tying (the act of tying or binding things together)

welding (fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure)

fixation (the activity of fastening something firmly in position)

bonding; soldering (fastening firmly together)

Derivation:

fasten (cause to be firmly attached)

 Context examples 

Peggotty, who had not said a word or moved a finger, secured the fastenings instantly, and we all went into the parlour.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A fastening device designed to hold, close, or secure.

(Lock Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There are some who do but paint upon the glass, and then, by placing another sheet of glass upon the top and fastening it, they keep the air from their painting.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A fastening device for a swinging part usually consisting of a bar that is retained in a slot.

(Latch Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

"Now, Carter, be on the alert," he said to this last: "I give you but half-an-hour for dressing the wound, fastening the bandages, getting the patient downstairs and all."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I then took my tackling, and, fastening a hook to the hole at the prow of each, I tied all the cords together at the end.

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

Then with a long, thin knife we pushed back the fastening of the sashes and opened the window.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Whilst the business of the fixing of the stakes and the fastening of the ropes was going forward, I from my place of vantage could hear the talk of the crowd behind me, the front two rows of which were lying upon the grass, the next two kneeling, and the others standing in serried ranks all up the side of the gently sloping hill, so that each line could just see over the shoulders of that which was in front.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever.

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