fasten down
/ˈfæsən daʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To secure something so that it will not be moved away.
Example Sentences
- "Ed Dennis couldn't specify when the Fitzgerald 's crew had begun replacing and fastening down the hatch covers, but other witnesses maintained that it wasn't at all uncommon for crews to fasten down only half of the hatch cover clamps, especially during the summer months, when the weather was good and there was no danger of encountering heavy seas."
- "Everybody had to lash and fasten down anything that might get blown away or cause damage."
- "Pull up the left-hand corner in the same way, and fasten down with a tingle. Next pull up the right-hand corner, and again fasten down with a tingle."
- "For this reason, it is often difficult to fasten down a story-teller to his premises, and then to confront him with his aberrations."
- "On this point of fidelity to nature the community was divided, some holding with Grimmitt that a white wolf had blue eyes, although none could be fastened down to the declaration that he ever had met one;"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfæsən daʊn/