fasten
verb (used with object)
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
is fastening
-
present progressiveof fasten (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Without daring to meddle, one may stand clear-sighted, ready to help.—How the children are flying over the meadow towards that gentleman who is fastening his horse to the gate!
From Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau
Others, in their flushing cheeks and trembling hands and voices, show how the passion is fastening upon them.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
Yes; and see, one of the boats has a young girl who has come on deck with flowers, which she is fastening in the gentlemen’s coats in hope of a small fee.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The cook is fastening the white gauze and the white satin ribbon on the bell knob.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
The women are walking up towards the nunnery, under the trees, and the man is fastening his boat.
From Rollo on the Rhine by Jacob Abbott
