Exact Match:
- fastening
- the act of fastening things together
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- brooch
collapse - a decorative pin worn by women
- fasten with or as if with a brooch related words >
- anklet,
- armlet,
- bangle,
- beads,
- bijou,
- bracelet,
- breastpin,
- broach,
- chain,
- chaplet,
- charm,
- chatelaine,
- circle,
- clasp,
- clip,
- coronet,
- crown,
- diadem,
- earring,
- fastening,
- fob,
- gem,
- jewel,
- locket,
- necklace,
- nose ring,
- pin,
- precious stone,
- rhinestone,
- ring,
- stickpin,
- stone,
- tiara,
- torque,
- wampum,
- wristband,
- wristlet
- lashing
collapse
- rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
- violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders" related words >
- adhesive,
- affixation,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- bastinado,
- basting,
- battery,
- beating,
- belting,
- binding,
- bond,
- buffeting,
- caning,
- clasping,
- clubbing,
- corporal punishment,
- cowhiding,
- cudgeling,
- drubbing,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- flagellation,
- flailing,
- flogging,
- fustigation,
- girding,
- hooking,
- horsewhipping,
- knot,
- lacing,
- ligation,
- pistol-whipping,
- rawhiding,
- scourging,
- spanking,
- splice,
- sticking,
- strapping,
- stripes,
- swingeing,
- switching,
- thrashing,
- tieing,
- trouncing,
- truncheoning,
- whipping,
- zipping
- affixation
collapse
- formation of a word by means of an affix
- the result of adding an affix to a root word related words >
- IC analysis,
- accession,
- accidence,
- addition,
- adhesive,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- affix,
- agglutination,
- allomorph,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- augmentation,
- binding,
- bond,
- bound morpheme,
- clasping,
- conjugation,
- cutting,
- declension,
- derivation,
- difference of form,
- enclitic,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- formative,
- free form,
- girding,
- hooking,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- increase,
- infix,
- infixation,
- inflection,
- joining,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- knot,
- lashing,
- ligation,
- morph,
- morpheme,
- morphemic analysis,
- morphemics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- paradigm,
- prefix,
- prefixation,
- proclitic,
- radical,
- reinforcement,
- root,
- splice,
- stem,
- sticking,
- suffix,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplementation,
- theme,
- tieing,
- uniting,
- word-formation,
- zipping
- buckle
collapse
- fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
- fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
- fasten with a buckle or buckles related words >
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- articulate,
- asymmetry,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bend,
- bolt,
- bulge,
- butt,
- button,
- catch,
- cave in,
- clasp,
- cleat,
- clip,
- collapse,
- contort,
- contortion,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crumple,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- distortion,
- dovetail,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- gnarl,
- hasp,
- hinge,
- hitch,
- hook,
- imbalance,
- irregularity,
- jam,
- joint,
- knot,
- latch,
- lock,
- lopsidedness,
- miter,
- mortise,
- nail,
- peg,
- pin,
- quirk,
- rabbet,
- rivet,
- scarf,
- screw,
- sew,
- skewer,
- snap,
- spring,
- staple,
- stick,
- stitch,
- tack,
- toggle,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- twist,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wedge,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring,
- writhe,
- zipper
- adhesive
collapse
- tending to adhere related words >
- adherent,
- affixation,
- amylaceous,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- barnacle,
- binding,
- birdlime,
- bond,
- bramble,
- brier,
- bulldog,
- bulldogged,
- bulldoggish,
- bulldoggy,
- bullheaded,
- burr,
- cement,
- clabbered,
- clammy,
- clasping,
- clingy,
- clotted,
- coagulated,
- curdled,
- decal,
- decalcomania,
- doughy,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- fish glue,
- gaumy,
- gelatinous,
- girding,
- glairy,
- glue,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- gluten,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- gooey,
- grumous,
- gum,
- gumbo,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- gunk,
- heavy,
- hooking,
- inspissated,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jellylike,
- knot,
- lashing,
- leech,
- library paste,
- ligation,
- lime,
- limpet,
- lute,
- mastic,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- mucilaginous,
- obstinate,
- paste,
- pasty,
- persistent,
- plaster,
- prickle,
- putty,
- remora,
- ropy,
- rubber cement,
- sealing wax,
- self-adhesive,
- size,
- slabby,
- slimy,
- slithery,
- solder,
- splice,
- starchy,
- stickable,
- sticker,
- sticking,
- sticky,
- stodgy,
- stringy,
- stubborn,
- syrup,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- tenacious,
- thick,
- thickened,
- thorn,
- tieing,
- tough,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wafer,
- zipping
- annexation
collapse
- the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
- incorporation by joining or uniting related words >
- abstraction,
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adhesive,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- adjuvant,
- affixation,
- agglutination,
- angary,
- annex,
- annexure,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appropriation,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- attachment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- binding,
- bond,
- boosting,
- clasping,
- coda,
- collectivization,
- commandeering,
- communalization,
- communization,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- confiscation,
- continuation,
- conversion,
- conveyance,
- corollary,
- distraint,
- distress,
- embezzlement,
- eminent domain,
- execution,
- expropriation,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- filching,
- fixture,
- fraud,
- garnishment,
- girding,
- graft,
- hooking,
- impoundment,
- impressment,
- increase,
- increment,
- joining,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- knot,
- lashing,
- levy,
- liberation,
- lifting,
- ligation,
- nationalization,
- offshoot,
- pendant,
- pilferage,
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- poaching,
- prefixation,
- reinforcement,
- right of angary,
- scrounging,
- sequestration,
- shoplifting,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- snatching,
- sneak thievery,
- snitching,
- socialization,
- splice,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- sticking,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplement,
- supplementation,
- swindle,
- swiping,
- tailpiece,
- theft,
- thievery,
- thieving,
- tieing,
- undergirding,
- uniting,
- zipping
- clasp
collapse
- the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- hold firmly and tightly
- grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands" related words >
- abduct,
- adhere,
- adhere to,
- agglomerate,
- around,
- articulate,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bear hug,
- bite,
- bolt,
- bosom,
- brooch,
- buckle,
- bunch,
- butt,
- button,
- carry off,
- catch,
- clamp,
- cleat,
- cleave,
- cleave to,
- clench,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clinging,
- clip,
- close,
- clot,
- cluster,
- clutch,
- coagulate,
- cohere,
- congeal,
- conglomerate,
- death grip,
- dovetail,
- embosom,
- embrace,
- enclose,
- enfold,
- enfoldment,
- envelop,
- fasten,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- firm hold,
- fold,
- follow close upon,
- foothold,
- footing,
- freeze to,
- go with,
- grab,
- grapple,
- grasp,
- grip,
- gripe,
- grow together,
- hang about,
- hang on,
- hang on to,
- hang together,
- hasp,
- hinge,
- hitch,
- hold,
- hold fast,
- hold on,
- hold on to,
- hold tight,
- hold together,
- hook,
- hover over,
- huddle,
- hug,
- hug the shore,
- iron grip,
- jam,
- joint,
- keep close to,
- keep hold of,
- kidnap,
- latch,
- lie by,
- lock,
- march with,
- mass,
- miter,
- mortise,
- nail,
- never let go,
- nip,
- peg,
- persist,
- pin,
- press,
- purchase,
- rabbet,
- rivet,
- scarf,
- screw,
- seizure,
- set,
- sew,
- shanghai,
- skewer,
- snap,
- solidify,
- squeeze,
- stand by,
- staple,
- stay,
- stay inshore,
- stay near,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick to,
- stick together,
- stitch,
- tack,
- tailgate,
- take hold of,
- tenure,
- throttle,
- tight grip,
- toehold,
- toggle,
- wedge,
- zipper
- fastener
collapse
- restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was" related words >
- adhesive,
- affixation,
- anchor,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- band,
- bandage,
- bar,
- barrette,
- bellyband,
- belt,
- bind,
- binding,
- binding stone,
- binding twine,
- bobby pin,
- bollard,
- bolt,
- bond,
- bonder,
- bondstone,
- box hook,
- brace,
- braces,
- brad,
- braid,
- buckle,
- button,
- cable,
- carpet tack,
- catch,
- chain,
- cinch,
- cincture,
- clamp,
- clasp,
- clasping,
- cleat,
- click,
- clinch,
- clip,
- clothespin,
- corking pin,
- cotter,
- dowel,
- fastening,
- fibula,
- fillet,
- fishhook,
- funiculus,
- garter,
- girding,
- girdle,
- girth,
- grab,
- grapnel,
- grappler,
- grappling iron,
- guy,
- hairpin,
- hank,
- hasp,
- hawser,
- haywire,
- hitch,
- hitching post,
- holdfast,
- hook,
- hook and eye,
- hooking,
- inkle,
- interlocker,
- kevel,
- kingpin,
- knot,
- lace,
- lacing,
- lariat,
- lashing,
- latch,
- latchet,
- leader,
- ligament,
- ligation,
- line,
- lock,
- loop,
- moorings,
- nail,
- noose,
- nut,
- padlock,
- paper clip,
- pawl,
- peg,
- pin,
- pintle,
- ring,
- rivet,
- roller,
- rope,
- safety pin,
- screw,
- seal,
- sennit,
- setscrew,
- skewer,
- slide fastener,
- snap,
- snubbing post,
- spike,
- splice,
- staple,
- sticking,
- strap,
- string,
- strop,
- stub tenon,
- suspenders,
- tack,
- tag,
- tendon,
- terret,
- thole,
- tholepin,
- thong,
- thumbtack,
- tie,
- tie beam,
- tieing,
- toggle,
- treenail,
- tug,
- twine,
- vise,
- whang,
- wire,
- zipper,
- zipping
- binding
collapse
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- the capacity to attract and hold something
- causing constipation
- hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"
- executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract" related words >
- Smyth sewing,
- absolute,
- adhesive,
- affixation,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- authoritative,
- backing,
- bandage,
- bandaging,
- beading,
- bibliopegy,
- binder,
- binder board,
- bond,
- book cloth,
- book cover,
- book jacket,
- bookbinding,
- bookcase,
- bordering,
- bordure,
- canonical,
- case,
- casemaking,
- casing-in,
- clasping,
- cogent,
- collating,
- collating mark,
- combinative,
- communicating,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- conjunctive,
- connecting,
- connectional,
- connective,
- consistent,
- copulative,
- cover,
- de rigueur,
- decisive,
- decretory,
- dictated,
- didactic,
- dust cover,
- dust jacket,
- edging,
- entailed,
- envelope,
- envelopment,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- fimbria,
- fimbriation,
- final,
- flounce,
- folding,
- footband,
- formulary,
- frill,
- frilling,
- fringe,
- furbelow,
- galloon,
- gathering,
- gift wrapping,
- girding,
- gluing-off,
- good,
- hard and fast,
- hard binding,
- hard-and-fast,
- headband,
- hem,
- hooking,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- imposed,
- inevitable,
- instructive,
- intercommunicating,
- involuntary,
- irrevocable,
- jacket,
- joining,
- just,
- knot,
- lashing,
- lawful,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- library binding,
- ligation,
- lining,
- lining-up,
- linking,
- list,
- logical,
- mandated,
- mandatory,
- mechanical binding,
- meeting,
- motif,
- must,
- necessary,
- niggerhead,
- obligatory,
- official,
- peremptory,
- perfect binding,
- plastic binding,
- preceptive,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- regulation,
- required,
- rounding,
- rubric,
- ruffle,
- saddle stitching,
- self-consistent,
- selvage,
- sewing,
- side sewing,
- signature,
- skirting,
- slipcase,
- slipcover,
- smashing,
- soft binding,
- solid,
- sound,
- spiral binding,
- splice,
- stamping,
- standard,
- stapling,
- statutory,
- sticking,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- tailband,
- tieing,
- tipping,
- trimming,
- ultimate,
- valance,
- valid,
- weighty,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- welt,
- wire stitching,
- without appeal,
- wrap,
- wrapper,
- wrapping,
- zipping
- nail
collapse
- a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall" related words >
- Gibraltar,
- abduct,
- adamant,
- agonize,
- articulate,
- at once,
- attach,
- bag,
- batten,
- batten down,
- be correct,
- be precise,
- be right,
- biff,
- bolt,
- bone,
- brick,
- buckle,
- butt,
- button,
- cabbage,
- capture,
- carry off,
- catch,
- cement,
- chafe,
- clasp,
- claw,
- claws,
- cleat,
- clench,
- clinch,
- clip,
- clout,
- clutch,
- clutches,
- cold,
- collar,
- complete,
- conclude,
- concrete,
- diamond,
- digits,
- ding,
- distinguish,
- dovetail,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- entangle,
- entrap,
- fangs,
- fasten,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- finalize,
- fingernails,
- fingers,
- fix,
- flint,
- focus,
- foul,
- fret,
- get,
- glue,
- grab,
- granite,
- grapple,
- hands,
- hard as nails,
- hardy,
- harpoon,
- hasp,
- have,
- heart of oak,
- hinge,
- hit,
- hitch,
- hook,
- hooks,
- horse,
- identify,
- immediately,
- iron,
- jam,
- jaws,
- join,
- joint,
- kidnap,
- know,
- know again,
- land,
- lasso,
- latch,
- lion,
- lock,
- make out,
- mandibles,
- marble,
- maxillae,
- meathooks,
- mesh,
- miter,
- mitts,
- mortise,
- nab,
- nail down,
- nails,
- net,
- nick,
- nip,
- nippers,
- noose,
- oak,
- on the nail,
- on the spot,
- ox,
- palm,
- peg,
- pin,
- pincers,
- pinch,
- place,
- pounces,
- prehend,
- promptly,
- punch,
- rabbet,
- realize,
- recall knowledge of,
- recognize,
- reidentify,
- resolve,
- right away,
- rivet,
- rock,
- rope,
- sack,
- scarf,
- screw,
- secure,
- settle,
- sew,
- shanghai,
- shoot,
- skewer,
- slog,
- slosh,
- snag,
- snap,
- snare,
- snatch,
- sniggle,
- sock,
- spear,
- spike,
- spot,
- staple,
- steel,
- stew over,
- stick,
- stitch,
- stone,
- strike,
- suffer,
- tack,
- take,
- talon,
- talons,
- tangle,
- tangle up with,
- teeth,
- tell,
- throttle,
- toggle,
- tough,
- trap,
- unfeeling,
- unguals,
- ungulae,
- unsentimental,
- unsympathetic,
- vigorous,
- wedge,
- whack,
- without delay,
- worry,
- zipper
- splice
collapse
- a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice"
- join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
- join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"
- join the ends of; "splice film" related words >
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- adhesive,
- affixation,
- agglomeration,
- agglutinate,
- agglutination,
- aggregation,
- amass,
- annexation,
- arrange a match,
- articulate,
- articulation,
- assemble,
- associate,
- attachment,
- band,
- bandage,
- belt,
- bend,
- bind,
- bind up,
- binding,
- bond,
- brace,
- bracket,
- bracketing,
- braid,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- bundle,
- cement,
- chain,
- cinch,
- clap together,
- clasping,
- clustering,
- collect,
- combination,
- combine,
- communication,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- concatenation,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- congeries,
- conglobulate,
- conglomeration,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connect,
- connection,
- convergence,
- copulate,
- copulation,
- couple,
- coupling,
- cover,
- do up,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- enlace,
- entwine,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- gather,
- gathering,
- gird,
- girding,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- give away,
- glue,
- hitch,
- hooking,
- hookup,
- include,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interknit,
- interlace,
- interlinking,
- intertie,
- intertissue,
- intertwine,
- intertwist,
- interweave,
- intort,
- join,
- join together,
- joinder,
- joining,
- joint,
- jointure,
- junction,
- knit,
- knot,
- knotting,
- lace,
- lash,
- lashing,
- lay together,
- league,
- leash,
- liaison,
- ligation,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- loom,
- loop,
- lump together,
- make a match,
- make one,
- marriage,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- mat,
- match,
- mate,
- meeting,
- merge,
- merger,
- merging,
- mobilize,
- net,
- noose,
- nuptial,
- pair,
- pairing,
- piece together,
- plait,
- pleach,
- put together,
- raddle,
- roll into one,
- rope,
- solder,
- span,
- splicing,
- stick together,
- sticking,
- strap,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- symbiosis,
- take in,
- tape,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- tieing,
- tissue,
- truss,
- twill,
- twine,
- twist,
- unification,
- unify,
- union,
- unite,
- unite in marriage,
- wattle,
- weave,
- web,
- wed,
- weld,
- wire,
- wrap,
- wrap up,
- wreathe,
- yoke,
- yoking,
- zipping
- attachment
collapse
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution related words >
- Amor,
- Christian love,
- Eros,
- Platonic love,
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- accounting for,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adherence,
- adhesion,
- adhesive,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- adjuvant,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- affinity,
- affixation,
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