attach
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to be attached
Types & categories
- connect hypernym
- fixate hyponym
- tether hyponym
- fasten hyponym
- hinge hyponym
- bell hyponym
- band hyponym
- couple on hyponym
- affix hyponym
- bind hyponym
- hitch hyponym
- hang on hyponym
- append hyponym
- tape hyponym
- paste hyponym
- pin up hyponym
- peg down hyponym
- fasten hyponym
- mount hyponym
- affix hyponym
- nail hyponym
- hook up hyponym
- clip hyponym
- insert hyponym
- yoke hyponym
- harness hyponym
- yoke hyponym
- saddle hyponym
- mark hyponym
- limber hyponym
Related & opposite
- detach antonym
- attach causes
- fastening derivation
- affixation derivation
- attachable derivation
Sense 2 verb
be attached; be in contact with
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
- leech onto hyponym
Related & opposite
- inhere in also see
- attachment derivation
- attachable derivation
Sense 3 verb
become attached
The spider's thread attached to the window sill
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- accompany also see
- come off antonym
- attachment derivation
- attachable derivation
Sense 4 verb
create social or emotional ties
The grandparents want to bond with the child
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- adherence derivation
- attachment derivation
- alliance derivation
- affiliation derivation
Sense 5 verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- seizure derivation
- confiscation derivation
- impoundment derivation
- requisition derivation
- attachment derivation
- sequester verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | detach |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | attach |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fastening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | affixation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | connect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fixate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tether |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hinge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | band |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | couple on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affix |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hitch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | append |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pin up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peg down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mount |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affix |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hook up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insert |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yoke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yoke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | saddle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | limber |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | inhere in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leech onto |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | accompany |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | come off |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conjoin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | agglutinate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | implant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bond |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adherence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | alliance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | relate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fixate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | befriend |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confiscation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | impoundment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | sequester |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | garnish |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | distrain |