fasten
verb (used with object)
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
has fastened
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present perfectof fasten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But now it has fastened itself upon an object, a project.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
My friend has fastened onto me as a sort of reference guide lately, probably because I’m a blathering know-it-all.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2020
Karel Capek, Czech author who wrote R. U. R. and who pronounces his name "Chapek," has fastened upon the curiously fascinating and not wholly unusual theme of one who lived beyond her time.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Nobody else has a key, I suppose, so I'm going to get in through the window, and I will most certainly break it if he has fastened that up, too."
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
Woodie," she said, using the fearful nickname which has fastened itself upon the child, "wanted to play with Archie's fire engine, and Archie wouldn't let him.
From Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun
