Definitions
be attached; be in contact with
Word origin
From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack.
Used in a sentence
“You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.”
“An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.”
“[T]he ſhoulder-blade has no bony communication with the trunk, either by a joint, or proceſs, or in any other way. […] It is bedded in the fleſh; attached only to the muſcles.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Join securely”6 letters
02“Fasten”6 letters
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