What is "fastens"

Usage examples of "fastens".

He slips the heavy pouch inside his jacket, then one-handedly fastens the jacket as he steps toward the stable.

This was in connexion with Ruskin's definition of the spiritual principle active in plant-formation as 'the power that catches out of chaos charcoal, water, lime and what not, and fastens them down into a given form'.

He fastens the straps of the vest holding his air tank, checks his regulator, then slips on his fins.

Huffing and puffing, he climbs into the Seasprite's cockpit, then fastens himself in.