attached

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of attach

adjective

1. Connected; joined.

2. Fond of (used with to).

   “I'm very attached to my pets.”

3. In a romantic or sexual relationship.

   “As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date.”

   “I'm not ready to get attached, as I want to continue sleeping around.”

4. botanymycologyBroadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

   “In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.”

5. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.

6. Being joined in close association

   “affiliated clubs”

   “all art schools whether independent or attached to universities”

   Similar: affiliated, connected

7. Used of buildings joined by common sidewalls

   “a block of attached houses”