| attach | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ fixate, fix | make fixed, stable or stationary.; "let's fix the picture to the frame" |
| ~ tether | tie with a tether.; "tether horses" |
| ~ fasten | attach to.; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ hinge | attach with a hinge. |
| ~ bell | attach a bell to.; "bell cows" |
| ~ band, ring | attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" |
| ~ couple on, couple up, couple | link together.; "can we couple these proposals?" |
| ~ affix | attach or become attached to a stem word.; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem" |
| ~ bind | make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" |
| ~ hitch, catch | to hook or entangle.; "One foot caught in the stirrup" |
| ~ hang on, tack on, tag on, append, tack | fix to; attach.; "append a charm to the necklace" |
| ~ append, add on, affix, supplement | add to the very end.; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" |
| ~ tape | fasten or attach with tape.; "tape the shipping label to the box" |
| ~ glue, paste | join or attach with or as if with glue.; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" |
| ~ pin up, pin down | attach with or as if with a pin.; "pin up a picture" |
| ~ peg down, peg | fasten or secure with a wooden pin.; "peg a tent" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ mount | attach to a support.; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ affix, stick on | attach to.; "affix the seal here" |
| ~ nail | attach something somewhere by means of nails.; "nail the board onto the wall" |
| ~ hook up | connect or link.; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system" |
| ~ clip | attach with a clip.; "clip the papers together" |
| ~ infix, insert, introduce, enter | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| ~ yoke | put a yoke on or join with a yoke.; "Yoke the draft horses together" |
| ~ harness, tackle | put a harness.; "harness the horse" |
| ~ yoke, link | link with or as with a yoke.; "yoke the oxen together" |
| ~ saddle | put a saddle on.; "saddle the horses" |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| ~ limber, limber up | attach the limber.; "limber a cannon" |
| v. (contact) | 2. attach | be attached; be in contact with. |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ leech onto | admire boundlessly and follow around.; "the groupies leeched onto the rock star" |
| v. (contact) | 3. attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ agglutinate | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language). |
| ~ implant | become attached to and embedded in the uterus.; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ bind, bond, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ spat | become permanently attached.; "mollusks or oysters spat" |
| v. (social) | 4. attach, bind, bond, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| ~ fixate | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way.; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" |
| ~ befriend | become friends with.; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?" |
| v. (possession) | 5. attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester | take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ condemn | appropriate (property) for public use.; "the county condemned the land to build a highway" |
| ~ sequester | requisition forcibly, as of enemy property.; "the estate was sequestered" |
| ~ garnish, garnishee | take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support.; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" |
| ~ distrain | confiscate by distress. |
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