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Use the verb attach when you need to join things together, like a stamp that you attach to a letter.

When you attach something, you join it or tie it to something else. The word can be used to show physically joining things, like a printer that you attach to your computer, or to show a strong personal connection. For example, you can attach yourself to a political cause or to a group of friends. Make sure, however, that you don’t attach another t to attach: pronounce it "uh-TACH" not "uh-TATCH."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: attach

1	v	be attached; be in contact with
2	v	take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: attach

v be attached; be in contact with

Types:: leech onto
admire boundlessly and follow around

Type of:: adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact

v cause to be attached

Antonyms:: detach
cause to become detached or separated; take off

Types:: show 120 types...; hide 120 types...; fix, fixate
make fixed, stable or stationary; tether
tie with a tether; fasten
attach to; hinge
attach with a hinge; bell
attach a bell to; band, ring
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; couple, couple on, couple up
link together; affix
attach or become attached to a stem word; bind
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; catch, hitch
to hook or entangle; append, hang on, tack, tack on, tag on
fix to; attach; add on, affix, append, supplement
add to the very end; tape
fasten or attach with tape; glue, paste
join or attach with or as if with glue; pin down, pin up
attach with or as if with a pin; peg, peg down
fasten or secure with a wooden pin; fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached; mount
attach to a support; affix, stick on
attach to; nail
attach something somewhere by means of nails; hook up
connect or link; clip
attach with a clip; enter, infix, insert, introduce
put or introduce into something; yoke
put a yoke on or join with a yoke; harness, tackle
put a harness; link, yoke
link with or as with a yoke; saddle
put a saddle on; label, mark, tag
attach a tag or label to; limber, limber up
attach the limber; strap
secure (a sprained joint) with a strap; stamp
affix a stamp to; bind, tie
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; rig
connect or secure to; bitt
secure with a bitt; latch
fasten with a latch; garter
fasten with or as if with a garter; chain
fasten or secure with chains; cable
fasten with a cable; picket
fasten with a picket; rope up
attach to one another, for safety; prefix
attach a prefix to; suffix
attach a suffix to; infix
attach a morpheme into a stem word; swaddle, swathe
wrap in swaddling clothes; encircle, gird
bind with something round or circular; cinch, girth
tie a cinch around; bandage, bind
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose; cement
make fast as if with cement; cramp
secure with a cramp; cleat
secure on a cleat; anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
secure a vessel with an anchor; anchor, ground
fix firmly and stably; moor
secure with cables or ropes; berth, moor, tie up
secure in or as if in a berth or dock; spike
secure with spikes; snag
catch on a snag; subjoin
add to the end; annex
attach to; run up, sew, sew together, stitch
fasten by sewing; do needlework; scotch tape, sellotape
fasten or attach with sellotape; epoxy
glue with epoxy; crank
fasten with a crank; noose
secure with a noose; chock
secure with chocks; brad
fasten with brads; bight
fasten with a bight; belay
fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; belay
turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him; bar
secure with, or as if with, bars; remount
mount again, as after disassembling something; clamp
fasten or fix with a clamp; velcro
fasten with Velcro; stay
fasten with stays; clinch
flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); clinch
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; lock
fasten with a lock; lock up
secure by locking; hasp
secure or lock with a hasp; zip, zip up, zipper
close with a zipper; seal
affix a seal to; tack
fasten with tacks; string
string together; tie or fasten with a string; hook
fasten with a hook; belt
fasten with a belt; cement
bind or join with or as if with cement; grout
bind with grout; staple
secure or fasten with a staple or staples; rivet
fasten with a rivet or rivets; button
fasten with buttons; pin
attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; connect, plug in, plug into
plug into an outlet; penetrate
insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate
introduce a cannula or tube into; input
enter (data or a program) into a computer; instil, instill
enter drop by drop; hang, hang up
cause to be hanging or suspended; hang
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; inspan
attach a yoke or harness to; deposit, lodge, stick, wedge
put, fix, force, or implant; embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
fix or set securely or deeply; sandwich
insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; graft, transplant
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient; entrench, intrench
fix firmly or securely; buckle, clasp
fasten with a buckle or buckles; brooch, clasp
fasten with or as if with a brooch; brand, brandmark, trademark
mark with a brand or trademark; point
mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes; point
mark with diacritics; point
mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics; calibrate
mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; code
attach a code to; badge
put a badge on; post
affix in a public place or for public notice; stake
tie or fasten to a stake; wire
fasten with wire; coapt
fit tightly and fasten; joggle
fasten or join with a joggle; joint
fasten with a joint; toggle
fasten with, or as if with, a toggle; plaster
affix conspicuously

Type of:: connect, link, link up, tie
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

v become attached

“The spider's thread attached to the window sill”

Antonyms:: come away, come off, detach
come to be detached

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; agglutinate
string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language); implant
become attached to and embedded in the uterus; fasten
become fixed or fastened; adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to
stick to firmly; spat
become permanently attached; glue
be fixed as if by glue; bind
form a chemical bond with; stick
fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; stick
fasten with or as with pins or nails; stick
fasten with an adhesive material like glue

Type of:: conjoin, join
make contact or come together

v create social or emotional ties

Synonyms:: bind, bond, tie

Types:: fixate
attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; befriend
become friends with; chum up, pal, pal up
become friends; act friendly towards

Type of:: relate
have or establish a relationship to

v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Synonyms:: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester

: sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

Types:: condemn
appropriate (property) for public use; garnish, garnishee
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; distrain
confiscate by distress

Type of:: take
take into one's possession

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