1. Fasten to something; join or connect to
   "She attached the photo to her email before sending it"
    
2. Remain in physical contact or connection with something
   "The frame attaches to the door with hinges"
    
3. Become joined to
   "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
    
4. Create social or emotional ties
   "The child quickly attached to her new foster parents";
   - bind, tie, bond
    
5. Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
   "The court attached his property until the debt was paid";
   - impound, sequester, confiscate, seize, sequestrate

Derived forms: attached, attaches, attaching

See also: accompany, inhere in

Type of: adjoin, conjoin [formal], connect, contact, join, link, link up, meet, relate, take, tie, touch

Antonym: come away, detach

Encyclopedia: Attach