fasten
verb (used with object)
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
are fastening
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present progressiveof fasten.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The wood-choppers are fastening life-preservers about their bodies.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
They are fastening a morbid attention on a morbid subject.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
Stop when you are fastening up the rope and try it.
From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte
Men are fastening on their flat-topped hats and feeling themselves in their stirrups.
From Hunting Sketches by Anthony Trollope
