different between clench vs fasten

English

Etymology

From Middle English clenchen, from Old English clen?an (“to clinch; hold fast”), a variant of Old English clen?an (“to adhere; remain”), from Proto-Germanic *klangijan?, causative of *klingan? (“to stick; adhere”). Related to cling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

clench (third-person singular simple present clenches, present participle clenching, simple past and past participle clenched) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To grip or hold fast.

   • Clinch the pointed spear.

2. To close tightly.

Synonyms

• (grip or hold tightly): clasp, clutch, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp

Antonyms

• unclench

Derived terms

• clinch

Translations

Noun

clench (plural clenches)

1. Tight grip.
2. (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
3. A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
4. (archaic) A pun

   • Here one poor word an hundred clenches makes

Translations

References

• clench at OneLook Dictionary Search
• clench in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastin?n (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast +? -en.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n/, /?f??sn?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæs?n/, /?fæsn?/

Verb

fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
   • May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43

     The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.

2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

Derived terms

• fastening
• unfasten

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Stefan, nefast

German

Etymology 1

Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fast?n, from Proto-Germanic *fast?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fastn?/, /?fast?n/
• Homophone: fassten
• Hyphenation: fas?ten; pre-1996: fa?sten

Verb

fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)

1. to fast

Conjugation

Related terms

• Fasten
• Fastenzeit
• Fastnacht

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?st?n/
• Hyphenation: fas?ten; pre-1996: fa?sten

Verb

fasten

1. inflection of fasen:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Further reading

• “fasten” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fasta

Noun

fasten m or f

1. definite masculine singular of faste

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fast?n?.

Verb

fast?n

1. to fast

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle High German: vasten
  • Cimbrian: bastan
  • German: fasten
  • Luxembourgish: faaschten
  • Yiddish: ???????? (fastn)