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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Shrove Tuesday. Also Fastens Tuesday, fasting's-even.

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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fasten.

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Examples

  • Realism is a hard-worked term, but it may be taken to imply that the overflowing vitality of which poetry is one expression fastens with peculiar eagerness upon the visible and tangible world about us and seeks to convey that zest in words.

    Recent Developments in European Thought Various

  • There is a base that fastens to your stock forend and you can simply snap the legs on or off for shooting.

    Anybody have some shooting sticks? 2009

  • He steps next to Boland and fastens a long cigarette to his mouth.

    The Last of Boland Kilean Kennedy 2011

  • The accompanying faux-leather yellow belt fastens with a metal buckle that opens to reveal another secret compartment.

    DC Comics for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Ben DeSot An assistant fastens Ms. Gist's skirt over her crinoline and petticoat.

    How to Dress a Victorian Lady 2011

  • There is a base that fastens to your stock forend and you can simply snap the legs on or off for shooting.

    Anybody have some shooting sticks? 2009

  • In "Mrs. Nixon," the novelist Ann Beattie fastens on that straightforward story and deconstructs it to the ground.

    Standing Pat (On Her Head) Frank Gannon 2011

  • As with painting, so with fiction: The inferior writer fastens words onto his/her "represented objects" rather than making them out of words.

    John Dewey's *Art as Experience* 2010

  • The zipper fastens for security (I have twice had items stolen in flight); the bag will pack flat should you want to pack it on your return (because you had to have that handbag from Prada's Via Montenapoleone store); and because it is soft and pliable, depending upon what you put in it, it will double as a pillow (I know, because I've used mine for this and many other purposes, including a footrest.)

    Luggage: An Open and Shut Case Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • He fastens her leash to her collar; I can hear him leading her out the door.

    Tea Tree Jamie Sughroue 2011

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