Definition of "attached" in English

verb

1. simple past and past participle of attach

adjective

1. Connected; joined.

2. Fond of (used with to).

   • I'm very attached to my pets.

3. Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).

   • Please see the attached file in my previous email.

4. 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.

5. (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.

6. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.