Definitions
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Word origin
Deverbal from hold fast.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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