attached

1. 1
   adjective

   Joined or connected to another object or thing.

   The bracket is firmly attached to the wall above the desk.

   Each cable stays attached to its port even when the device is moved.

   Similarfixed, affixed, secured, connected

   Oppositedetached, unattached, loose, separate

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of attach.

   The committee attached several conditions to the loan.

   He attached the supporting documents before mailing the letter.

   Note

   One spelling serves two jobs: the plain past (she attached the file) and the participle that pairs with have for perfect tenses and with be for passives (the file has been attached). The figurative uses keep their preposition, so conditions, blame or importance are attached to something. The verb's sense of winning someone's heart is the ground the "fond of" adjective grows from.

3. 3
   adjective

   Included as an extra file or item sent with an email or other electronic message.

   The quarterly report is attached for your review.

   You'll find the invoice attached to my previous message.

   Similarenclosed, included

4. 4
   adjective

   Involved in a romantic or sexual relationship; not single.

   By the time they met again, she was already attached.

   He stayed single long after most of his coworkers became attached.

   Similartaken, involved, partnered

   Oppositesingle, unattached, available

   Note

   A word about relationship status, used as a predicate of a person: someone is, isn't, or gets attached. With no to after it, it means having a partner, which sets it apart from the "fond of" sense. So "not ready to get attached" means not ready for a committed relationship, though the phrase can also suggest emotional attachment.

5. 5
   adjective

   Feeling fondness or affection for someone or something, used with to.

   He became deeply attached to the little town over the years.

   Visitors quickly grow attached to the island's slow pace of life.

   Similarfond, devoted, close

   Oppositeindifferent, detached

6. 6
   adjective

   Of a house or other dwelling, built against similar buildings so that it shares a wall on each of two sides, usually opposite ones.

   The neighborhood is mostly attached houses lined up along narrow streets.

   An attached townhouse usually has neighbors pressed against both sides.

   Similarterraced

   Oppositedetached

7. 7
   adjective

   Of a mushroom's gills or similar parts, broadly joined to the stem or stipe but not running down it.

   In this species the gills are broadly attached to the stipe without becoming decurrent.

   Field guides note whether the gills are attached or free from the stem.

   Oppositefree

   Note

   A field guide's term on the scale of gill attachment. It sits between free gills, which stop short of the stem, and decurrent ones, which run down it. Attached gills meet the stipe squarely across their breadth. Because the feature varies within a group, descriptions often give a range, such as "attached to almost decurrent." The word works as a contrast with those neighbors, not in its everyday sense.

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