fastening vs holdfast what difference
what is difference between fastening and holdfast
English
Etymology
fasten + -ing
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɑːsənɪŋ/
Verb
fastening
- present participle of fasten
Noun
fastening (plural fastenings)
- A hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together; fastener.
English
Etymology
hold + fast
Noun
holdfast (plural holdfasts)
- Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
- And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
- (biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
- Hyponym: hapteron
- (archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
Translations
See also
- holdfast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- holdfast on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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