Usually means: Secure or attach something firmly.
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  1. makefast: Merriam-Webster
  2. makefast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. makefast: Collins English Dictionary
  4. makefast: Wiktionary
  5. makefast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. makefast: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. makefast: Dictionary.com
  8. makefast: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (makefast)

▸ noun:  (nautical) Something to which a vessel can be made fast or tied, such as a cleat, post or bollard.

Similar:
breastfast, sternfast, fastening, headfast, span, cleat, bollard, leefang, forehook, foretackle, more...

Opposite:
unfasten, undo, release, loosen, untie

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Similar:
breastfast, sternfast, fastening, headfast, span, cleat, bollard, leefang, forehook, foretackle, more...

Opposite:
unfasten, undo, release, loosen, untie



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