Dictionary entry details
• ATTACH (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be attached
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "attach" is one way to...):
connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)
Cause:
attach (become attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach"):
hook up (connect or link)
nail (attach something somewhere by means of nails)
affix; stick on (attach to)
mount (attach to a support)
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
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)
peg; peg down (fasten or secure with a wooden pin)
pin down; pin up (attach with or as if with a pin)
glue; paste (join or attach with or as if with glue)
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)
tape (fasten or attach with tape)
add on; affix; append; supplement (add to the very end)
append; hang on; tack; tack on; tag on (fix to; attach)
catch; hitch (to hook or entangle)
bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
detach (cause to become detached or separated; take off)
Meaning:
Be attached; be in contact with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "attach" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach"):
leech onto (admire boundlessly and follow around)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Also:
attach to (be part of)
Meaning:
Become attached
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The spider's thread attached to the window sill
Hypernyms (to "attach" is one way to...):
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach"):
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)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
detach (come to be detached)
Also:
attach to (be associated with)
Meaning:
Create social or emotional ties
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bind; bond; attach; tie
Context example:
The grandparents want to bond with the child
Hypernyms (to "attach" is one way to...):
relate (have or establish a relationship to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach"):
fixate (attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way)
befriend (become friends with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
confiscate; impound; sequester; seize; attach
Context examples:
The FBI seized the drugs / The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment / The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Hypernyms (to "attach" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach"):
garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)
distrain (confiscate by distress)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
