attach
Fix one thing
To attach is to fasten or connect one thing to another: Attach the document to your email, The handle attaches with two screws.
The connection can be physical or abstract—you attach conditions to an agreement, or become emotionally attached to a person or place.
In legal contexts, to attach property is to seize it by court order.
Something attached comes along with something else: The job comes with certain responsibilities attached.
Frame-and-prong fastener
Point of connection
- joinConnect or enlist
- coupleTwo linked together
- interfaceShared connection point
- plugSomething that blocks openings
dock · port · cable · adapter · socket · terminal · junction · splice
Connect mentally or socially
enlist · enroll · ally · partner · league · faction · organization · group
buckle
Frame-and-prong fastener
screw · staple · stitch · tie · bind · lace · zip · velcro · weld · solder
stick
Thin piece of wood
glue · tape · adhesive · sealant · paste · cement · fuse · suction · magnet · decal
link
Point of connection
plug · dock · port · cable · adapter · socket · terminal · junction · splice · wire
associate
Connect mentally or socially
member · enlist · enroll · ally · partner · league · faction · organization · group · network
add
Combine into total
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
- supplementSomething added to complete
- affixWord-part modifier
include · insert · enclose · addendum · enclosure · exhibit · rider · suffix · tag · postscript
delegate
Entrust authority to another
designate · deploy · dispatch · second · commission · post · station · task · depute
- no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
- strings attachedHidden conditions on offers
- email attachmentFile sent with message
- attached at the hip
- emotional attachmentCaring bond with something
- unhealthy attachmentHarmful emotional reliance
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