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attach
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As a verb, attach means fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
Meanings of attach
10 meaningsverb
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
“You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.”
“An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.”
To adhere; to be attached.
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
“Dower 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.
“attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery”
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
“to attach great importance to a particular circumstance”
Be attached; be in contact with
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”
Similar: impound, sequester, confiscate, seize
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteTo take, seize, or lay hold of.
obsoletelegalTo arrest, seize.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).