Definition of "attach" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

   • You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.
   • An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.

2. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.

3. To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).

   • I've attached the contract to this email.

4. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

   • Dower will attach.

5. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

   • attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery

6. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

   • to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
   • Some of the guilt must attach to the parents.

7. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

8. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.