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# fastening

noun (a fastening, fastenings); also the -ing form of fasten

«fastening» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A thing used to close or join something, such as a button, zip, buckle, clip or Velcro. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#m1)
2. The act of fixing or closing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#m2)

### In the lessons

In design and technology and textiles lessons, pupils choose fastenings for bags and clothes (buttons, poppers, Velcro). In everyday life, coats and shoes have different fastenings.

### Examples

- This coat has a zip fastening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x1)
- Velcro is an easy fastening for small children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x2)
- The bag's fastening broke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x3)
- Choose a fastening for your pencil case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x4)
- She was fastening her sandals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x5)
- Buttons and poppers are common fastenings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x6)
- So, fastening the sword to his belt, he carried it to the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/#x7)

### Note

Silent t: FAHS-ning. Countable noun. Similar: fastener (US often uses «fastener»). In DT, compare fastenings by how strong, easy and cheap they are.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fastening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fastening/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fastening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fastening.html) on Mova free.