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Fastening

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noun

• someone who guards prisoners

• a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

• a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

• a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

• slang for sexual intercourse

verb

• have sexual intercourse with

• turn like a screw

• cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

• tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

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noun

• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

• the act of grasping

verb

• hold firmly and tightly

• fasten with or as if with a brooch

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• grasp firmly

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noun

• the act of tying or binding things together

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