Contact and joining
Synonyms for fasten
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
cause to be firmly attached
Fasten the lock onto the door.
The true synonym
fix
Same sentence, swapped: Fix the lock onto the door.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for fasten as it is used in the sentence above.
- unfasten
- insert
- tack
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