attach

Meaning

1. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
2. To adhere; to be attached.
3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
4. 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.
5. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
6. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
7. (obsolete) To arrest, seize.

Concepts

attach

join

fasten

fix

affix

connect

add

stick

tie

append

secure

bind

annex

unite

adhere

link

make fast

put on

determine

tie up

seize

pin

hook

apply

put

set

associate

tether

confiscate

glue

sequester

bond

hang

assign

paste

place

mount

impound

pair

appoint

moor

tie on

fit

distrain

increase

combine

knot

hitch on

hook on

augment

accompany

enclose

sequestrate

hook up

splice

attachment

clasp

gird

stick on

couple

put onto

allot

ascribe

install

hitch up

sew on

supplement

insert

detain

adjoin

subjoin

tack

cohere

cling

suspend

attribute

wrap

harness

hitch

nail

coin

loop

skewer

be attached

slide in

band

belay

indent

stake

strap

link up

piggyback

switch

string

yoke

tie down

truss

stick to

accost

address

approach

begin

berth

bring up

collide with

commence

crash into

deal with

land

start

tackle

administer

employ

lay

lay down

make use of

practice

put down

turn to account

use

accredit

allocate

award

bestow

earmark

subpoena

summons

stick to the pan

define

put in

appropriate

adhere to

cling to

keep something in mind

stick fast to

chain

raise

tuck

mix with

freeze

past

pin up

enlarge

grow

multiply

tag

follow

tail after someone

cement

solder

weld

charm

endear

implant

throw

fix on

place or put on

bring

tack on

cleave

give

possess

get closer

stick together

bind together

foreclose

forfeit

garnishee

conclude

contract

ally

brace

clip

conjoin

interlock

leash

span

syndicate

plus

charging-up

detention

distraint

hold in custody

attachment seizure of property

addition

additive

annexation

extra

fork

doc

documents attached

pleat

pin on

row

close together

strap on

wear

paste on

fit together

tie together

mend

stitch together

accuse

charge

indict

plug in

prosecute

impart

bracket

brooch

catch

fixate

frame

frame up

frap

hang on

indenture

infix

mortgage

peg

post

reeve

rig

sign on

toggle

daisy-chain

engage

lock

mesh

operate

plug

switch on

turn on

colligate

engraft

joint

miter

piece

rebate

relate

string up

suffix

tessellate

bandage

bundle

clinch

dress

lash

lash together

ligate

rack

slur

furnish

veneer

affiliate

tie jam

reinforce

strengthen

hang up

put up

sign

nail down

latch

add to

hold in place

bund

assemble

collect

keep together

rope up

anchor

chain up

enchain

hog-tie

pinion

shackle

peg down

gum up

abide by

get stuck

push in

edge in

intromit

cleat

put in position

hit

move

Hyphenated as

at‧tach

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈtæt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack.