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Definition of fasten : 1. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.
2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
3. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
4. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

Synonyms:

reduce, clip, hook, prepare, screw, restrict, infix, impute, solder, insure, shackle, doctor, bed, nail, assure, procure, get, clamp, give, catch, desexualise, blame, desexualize, stiffen, situate, hold fast, grasp, desex, set, fetter, bar, unsex, embed, fixate, furbish up, restore, engage, assemble, keep, ingrain, pin on, combine, restrain, harness, compel, sterilize, stop up, pay off, deposit, anchor, clasp, tie down, place, mend, hold, pay back, shutter, repair, wedge, ready, ensure, sterilise, tighten, grapple, lodge, posit, gear up, oblige, strengthen, fix, entrench, plug, button, tighten up, assign, root, touch on, constrain, batten, batten down, rivet, determine, bushel, define, cinch, clutch, set up, specify, entangle, loosen, cook, pin, tie up, moor, twist, release, move, make, grip, limit, guarantee

bond, hitch, adhere, merge, relate, join, bind, couple, stick, affix, cling, juxtapose, splice, attach, marry, wed, annex, abut, connect

cement, lash, lace, paste, knit, suture, glue, plait, link, stitch, tether, fuse, weld, string, baste, stay, chain, zip, strap, clinch, buckle, bracket, tack, tie, sew, weave, hinge, braid, knot

close, block, shut, latch, secure, lock, bolt, seal, jam, barricade, stop

Usage examples:

• Suspicion is beginning to fasten upon you. - "The Box with the Broken Seals", E. Phillips Oppenheim.
• As I leaned forward ready to fasten on the man when he should offer violence I heard a peculiar sound as of a loose piece of wood or iron striking the sill. - "The Hunt Ball Mystery", Magnay, William.
• Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time. - "Life On The Mississippi, Part 1.", Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).