Lexic.us

Definition of Attached

1. Adjective. Being joined in close association. "All art schools whether independent or attached to universities"

2. Adjective. Used of buildings joined by common sidewalls. "A block of attached houses"

3. Adjective. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.

4. Adjective. Fond and affectionate. "She was very attached to her father"

Definition of Attached

1. Verb. (past of attach) ¹

2. Adjective. In a romantic or sexual relationship. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: botany mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent. ¹

4. Adjective. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attached

1. attach [v] - See also: attach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attached

atta atta boy atta girl attabal attabals attaboy attaboys attacca attach attach to

attachability attachable attachableness attache attache case attached annulus attached cranial section attached craniotomy attached gingiva attachedness

attacher attachers attaches attachiamenta de spinis et boscis attaching attachingness attachment attachment apparatus attachment disorder

Literary usage of Attached

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"It is attached to the instrument and the incision can be commenced, ... A spring attached to the arm assists the thumb in constantly drawing up the tip ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Conceive the rod, 1 — 2, to become rigidly attached at p. ... (2) Hence, the total kinetic energy of the system when 1 — 2 is rigidly attached at p, ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"He joined the other exiles there, and attached "himself to the church of which Francis ... celebrated John Robinson attached himself to Clifton's church, ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"Illustrations of crests attached to the helmet may be seen on the stall-plates at Westminster Abbey and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and in most books on ..."

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