attached
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃt/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃt
- Hyphenation: at‧tached
Verb
editattached
- simple past and past participle of attach
Adjective
editattached (comparative more attached, superlative most attached)
- Connected; joined.
- Fond of (used with to).
- I'm very attached to my pets.
- An auxiliary document included or sent with another (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- Please see the attached file in my previous email.
- 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.
- (botany, mycology) Broadly 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.
- Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
Coordinate terms
edit- (sharing two walls): detached, semiattached
Derived terms
editTranslations
editbroadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent