Pronunciations (2)
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/əˈtæt͡ʃ/
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əˈtætʃ
Verb
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
Usage- Transitive
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You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.
An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
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[T]he ſhoulder-blade has no bony communication with the trunk, either by a joint, or proceſs, or in any other way. […] It is bedded in the fleſh; attached only to the muſcles.
A huge stone, to which the cable on the left bank was attached, was removed years later
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
To adhere; to be attached.
Usage- Intransitive
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The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
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I've attached the contract to this email.
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
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Dower will attach.
it therefore becomes important to know at what time the lien for taxes will attach.
To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
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attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
incapable of attaching a sensible man
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God […] by various ties attaches man to man.
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
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to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
Some of the guilt must attach to the parents.
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To this treasure a curse is attached.
To take, seize, or lay hold of.
Usage- Obsolete
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Then homeward every man attach the hand / Of his fair mistress.
To arrest, seize.
Usage- Obsolete
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Eftsoones the Gard, which on his state did wait, / Attacht that faitor false, and bound him strait […]
Old lord, I cannot blame thee, / Who am myself attach'd with weariness / To th' dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.
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The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason.
Verb
cause to be attached
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be attached; be in contact with
become attached
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The spider's thread attached to the window sill
create social or emotional ties
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The grandparents want to bond with the child
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
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The FBI seized the drugs
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
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The police confiscated the stolen artwork