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attached

[uh-tacht]

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adjective

joined; connected; bound.

having a wall in common with another building (opposed to detached): an attached house.

Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.

Origin:
1545–55; attach + -ed²

Related forms

non·at·tached, adjective

o·ver·at·tached, adjective

well-at·tached, adjective

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Attached is always a great word to know.

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phylum of radially symmetrical coelomate marine invertabrates

animal phylum comprised of sponges

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They affect all the land zoned for attached low-rise housing.

Cover letter, curriculum vita and list of references must be attached to the electronic application.

Small firms fall below the regulatory thresholds and are less often attached to the formal economy.

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They affect all the land zoned for attached low-rise housing.

Cover letter, curriculum vita and list of references must be attached to the electronic application.

Small firms fall below the regulatory thresholds and are less often attached to the formal economy.

One end of an anemone's body is attached to or dug into the seafloor, while the other hosts a mouth surrounded by tentacles.

Each of these muscles is attached to a hair follicle.

On the net is a plastic funnel, attached to a specimen cup, and a float.

The hardest part of building a wood bench is ensuring that its legs are sturdy and well attached.

The catch was the chair was powered by the wind as he launched his chair attached to helium-filled balloons.

Carpet pads can be divided into two broad categories: attached and unattached.

All letters of reference need to be attached at the time of application.

What it leaves behind is the circuit, attached to the tissue by capillary forces and supported by it.

Mothers would've attached their eggs to horsetails and other marshy plants along the lakeshore.

Puff is attached near the exhaust pipe of your vehicle.

Attached to one end was an electronic device containing a sensor and a transmitter.

Layering is a propagation method that encourages new roots to form on branches still attached to the parent plant.

The billboard ads feature a four-breasted woman attached to a milking machine.

Ionized calcium is calcium that is freely flowing in your blood and not attached to proteins.

Applications without unofficial transcripts attached to the application will not receive consideration.

People buying medicine scratch off a panel attached to the packaging.

Video cameras attached to sea turtles and sharks reveal an underwater world hidden to humans.

These will probably be accompanied by asteroids and meteors attached to that system.

Both problems can be corrected using sensors attached to your irrigation system.

Flowers develop into nutlets, each with an attached papery bract.

Let me model the motion of two balls attached by a string as it is thrown in the air.

It appears to be speared by a lightning rod or on a separate pole attached to the rod.

Regional data come with various health warnings attached.

Smart meters were attached on the premises of the largest consumers as part of a comprehensive reform.

Their motion is driven by six computer-controlled motors attached to the gearbox by timing belts and the coaxial drive shafts.

Because they are so faithful to a single site, year after year, it is also easy for people to grow attached to them.

Snap a rosette from the mother plant, leaving a couple inches of stem attached.

In practice, however, robotic fingers are always attached to robotic hands and arms.

To solve the mystery, a small, thin tag was attached to each of the distributed barrels.

As the picture is captured, the code is attached to it.

One end of the wire remains attached to the ground, while the coil in the moving rocket unwinds.

My version attached to an alligator clip which would clip onto a slide.

We were herded into an abandoned bicycle factory, and attached was a time bomb.

If you grow trees whose foliage colors up in fall you can clip small branches, leaving leaves attached.

He didn't even have a link attached to his screen name, which kept creeping higher and higher on the leaderboard.

Goldrick-Rab said, and they tended to stay more attached to the family unit even during college.

Unfortunately, this particular idea has risks attached.

They can be attached to animals without hurting them.

Babangu points to a poacher's snare-a wire loop buried in the fallen leaves and attached to a bent sapling.

Try not to leave part of the leaf's stem attached as it can rot, inviting disease to your crop.

Stanford researchers have found a way to use gold nanoparticles attached to a protein to determine when it folds and unfolds.

Copperfield's illusion depends upon a harness attached to an array of nearly invisible wires.

The next best thing is an exchange, preferably with captive clearing and settlement attached for added revenue.

The expensive birds have radio transmitters attached and can be tracked.

These detectors could be attached to any plane that would be exposed, so ordinary flights would not need to carry them.

The overbalanced wheel, for example, has weighted arms attached to the rim of the wheel that fold down or extend out.

Your drip system can be simply attached to a hose end or screwed into a hose bibb.

The researchers attached another fluorescent protein to the spider genes to make the silk itself glow green.

Then the body of a beheaded dog was hung on a window at the newspaper's premises, with a warning note attached to it.

At times a sail would have been attached to the large forward pole, or bowsprit, at right.

Most strikingly, the bits of boat had barnacles attached to the tar, indicating that it was definitely used in the sea.

The practise is attached to religion and traditional belief systems.

Make sure that these are secure and attached to the frame.

Guy wires that were attached to support towers held the sprinkler-fitted water pipes above the ground.

Certainly, the valuations that have been attached to some green shares have brought back memories of the dotcom era.

The money was hidden in a spare tire attached underneath the truck.

In the end they used pigeons to deliver microfilm images of drawings put in canisters attached to the pigeons.

Osborne drilled a hole through the top of the stone, inserted flexible tubing, and attached the tubing to a recirculating pump.

While there is no health hazard attached to chlorophenol, the taste of the wine can be altered.

Homeowners with wells have attached outdoor taps for those without water.

As the wind causes the blades to rotate, their motion spins an attached electrical generator, producing electricity.

Just a sulfur molecule with two methyl groups attached.

The vellum is attached to the cards with metal eyelets.

After placing the device behind your ear, you insert the attached ear bud into the ear.

Illuminated by ultraviolet light, the proteins attached to dividing brain cells glowed green.

Dana screwed a heavy-duty eye hook into one of the beams, then attached a carabiner to the end of the rope.

Each of those molecule is, in turn, attached to a microbubble that acts as a signal.

Even when you stop the egg from spinning, the liquid inside keeps turning because it is not attached to the shell.

Rambling, unpretentious motel with art gallery attached.

We have attached a list of dealers who might be able to help you.

It is attached to a two-foot-by-one-foot base of fiberboard covered in artificial turf.

Since big orange cat's check up, there's been a little scab with a teensy bit of blood attached to it on the cyst.

After an arduous climb, they discovered scattered debris, along with a desiccated left arm and attached hand in the ice.

In some, lights are attached to the people's hands so that their movements describe a pattern in a time exposure.

She tumbled down a thin air shaft, naked, her umbilical cord still attached.

These can be attached to animals without hurting them.

China's private aviation industry is growing with some serious regulatory shackles attached.

The garden homes have attached one- or two-car garages and formal courtyard entryways.

These materials should be attached to the on-line application.

Groggy with ether, nauseous with the rocking of the boat, he could dimly feel that weights had been attached to his legs.

If those long hollow feather were attached to an upper appendage, they could be quickly positioned for maximum protection.

The soundtrack came courtesy of an anti-bear bell attached to the backpack of the group's.

Because the protein was attached to the gene therapy, the researchers could see that the treatment had hit its mark.

The measure, attached to an essential military-spending bill.

The video camera is harmlessly attached to the animals and records a few hours of footage before the scientists retrieve.

The exoskeleton detects-via a sensor attached to the wearer's skin-brain signals sent to muscles to get them moving.

The components of the system are all attached to the tracked vehicle with extremely powerful magnets.

Put it through the anchor plate then drive it into the fastener attached to the door.

Still, there does not appear to be much quality attached to this conference.

For all they have suffered, far-easterners are umbilically attached to the motherland.

At the same time a blower attached under the first segment sends air back into the outer.

Andersen, attached by only a thin green climbing rope, hangs out the open door.

They attached an antibody that sticks to pancreatic cancer cells onto a second batch of the bright nanoparticles.

The tube is attached at the bottom of the sash and near the top of the window frame.

Second, the biggest block of bandwidth to be sold comes with novel conditions attached.

The two microchannel coolers at the center are attached directly to the processors.

The designer attached them to concrete pillars built into the bottom.

The trick revealed fungal cells attached to algal cells as if parasitizing them.

They were attached to battery-operated televisions, many of which.

Attached to one of her letters of reference was a note stating:.

Today they have a raw-milk dairy with an attached shop selling cheese, honey and vegetables.

Four new cell blocks, without attached exercise yards, are constructed in the spaces between existing cell blocks.

It consists of a gasoline-powered compressor and a variety of spray nozzles that can be attached to a garden hose.

If this wounds you, let the donee know that there are conditions attached to the gift, and give them a chance to turn it down.

You're hoping to sell some other attached commodity for a real price.

The islets are made with soft totora reeds anchored with ropes attached to sticks driven into the bottom of the lake.

Wires in the bubbly elastic material would start out only partially attached to a surface.

Despite the fact that people are attached to the romantic nature that the aurora makes noise, it's physically impossible.

Clusters of copper atoms were attached to each cell in the array, and data was stored by attaching electrons to the clusters.

They even warned of a stigma attached to candidates who perform too much.

And more costs attached to raising the attainment and aspiration of schoolchildren will now fall to universities.

What makes this structure so famous and who has attached such strong meaning to.

Once attached to antigens, antibodies can also activate what is known as the complement pathway.

However, the first panel remained attached to its pole only by a single hook at the top.

Its stickiness also keeps the enzymes attached to clogs or buildup, giving them time to work their biochemical magic.

My rubric is quite detailed, although there are no point values attached to specific criteria.

Now it is directly attached to the government, leaving it vulnerable to political manipulation.

Campbell and colleagues attached heart rate monitors to wild fish and tracked their movements for a year using acoustic tags.

The gun attached to this plow would have easily been powerful enough to dispatch a charging horse along with its rider.

Wagoner became attached to when he began exploring how to share the humor with a broader audience.

In the experiment, a nanotube was attached to a copper wire and encased inside a tiny vacuum chamber.

Llamas pulls the box open, revealing a layer of soft foam and a wooden plunger attached to the lid.

As the wool is transported up these ramps any droplets of water attached to it will be shaken off.

They have attached the collars to eight of the antelopes.

Neither bill applies to privately-owned computers attached to the campus network in dorm rooms.

These particles have had both oil-repellent and water-repellent molecules attached to their surfaces.

Start by plugging in the connector that is attached to the thicker cable.

Montague could simply hold the proper end of the car aloft while someone else attached the spare.

The regenerative shock absorbers are made of steel and force hydraulic fluid through a turbine that is attached to a generator.

Which problems get attached to which solutions is largely a matter of chance.

Two embryos began to develop, but the process stopped partway, leaving both heads attached to one body.

Grappling hooks attached to siphon electricity from low-hanging power lines.

All the bikes then had a flyer promoting a non-existent sports shop attached to their handlebars.

Of course, the family became attached to the chickens and treated them as pets.

If it is about your ancestor, you can accept the hint, and then it will be attached to that person.

Chinese officials are fiercely attached to the one-child policy.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.

to join in action or function; make part of: to attach oneself to a group.

Military. to place on temporary duty with or in assistance to a military unit.

to include as a quality or condition of something: One proviso is attached to this legacy.

to assign or attribute: to attach significance to a gesture.

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to bind by ties of affection or regard: You always attach yourself to people who end up hurting you.

Law. to take (persons or property) by legal authority.

Obsolete. to lay hold of; seize.

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verb (used without object)

to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon): No blame attaches to him.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English atachen < Anglo-French atacher to seize, Old French atachier to fasten, alteration of estachier to fasten with or to a stake, equivalent to estach(e) (< Germanic *stakka stake) + -ier infinitive suffix

Related forms

at·tach·a·ble, adjective

at·tach·er, noun

re·at·tach, verb

re·at·tach·a·ble, adjective

un·at·tach·a·ble, adjective

Can be confused: attach, attaché.

Synonyms
1. subjoin, append, add, annex.

Antonyms
1. detach.

Link To attached

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World English Dictionary

attached (əˈtætʃt)

—*adj*
1.	(foll by to) fond (of); full of regard (for): he was very attached to the old lady
2.	married, engaged, or associated in an exclusive sexual relationship: it's no good dancing with her, she's already attached

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Word Origin & History

attach

early 14c., "to take or seize (property or goods) by law," a legal term, from O.Fr. estachier "to attach" (Fr. attacher, It. attaccare), perhaps from a- "to" + Frank. *stakon "a post, stake" or a similar Gmc. word (see stake (n.)). Meaning "to fasten, affix, connect" is first

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attested 1802, from French.

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