clamp, clip, hammer, twist, screw, snap, fit, plug in, tack, rig, sew, stitch, staple, couple, interlock, harness, hook up, nail, hitch, tether, interlace, zip, tie, buckle, pin, join, patch, cobble together, bridge, link, lash together, mesh, strap, rope together, jam together, slide (into a slot), knit (together), hold together, slap together, fasten, entwine, knot together, interweave, interlink, catenate

smelt, fuse, forge, solder, braze, weld, glaze, bond, meld, melt, join, coalesce, synthesize, merge, compound, combine, unite, splice, amalgamate, alloy

cling, bind, hold in place, glue, tape, fuse, fix, couple, caulk, putty, stick, paste, affix, bond, gum, adhere, patch, synthesize, slap together, fasten, amalgamate, cement, epoxy, cohere, embed, modpodge, hot glue, grout, conjugate

lash, bind, settle, snap, brace, freeze, hold in place, stabilize, plug in, tack, stitch, secure, fuse, fix, interlock, attach, mount, confine, paralyze, bear down, stick, buckle, pin, meld, rivet, tie up/down, restrict, immobilize, toggle, strap, hold together, fasten, cement, embed, lodge, peg, screw down/on, nail down, strengthen (with rebar), snap down, inactivate, deactivate, bring to a standstill, undergird

chain, bar, bolt, cage, close off, blockade, keep out, padlock, lock out, barricade (an entrance), secure (a door), turn (a key), fasten (a chain), slide (the latch), deadbolt, double lock, latch, seal up, lock in/up, seal off/in

elevate, shimmy, brace, reinforce, prop up, hold up, shoulder, support, bolster, buttress, shore up, bracket, underpin, lean, lay (a foundation)