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Attach

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Verb group 2

Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Manner of action 48

Adhere 76% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Affix 76% connected

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrume…

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Agglutinate 76% connected

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

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Append 76% connected

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

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Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Befriend 76% connected

To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

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Bell 76% connected

A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound o…

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Bond 76% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Cling 76% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

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Clip 76% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

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Condemn 76% connected

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Distrain 76% connected

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Fasten 76% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Garnish 76% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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Garnishee 76% connected

One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging…

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Glue 76% connected

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid…

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Harness 76% connected

Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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Hinge 76% connected

The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a jo…

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Implant 76% connected

To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the princ…

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Infix 76% connected

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Limber 76% connected

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Nail 76% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Paste 76% connected

A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

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Peg 76% connected

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Saddle 76% connected

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Supplement 76% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Tackle 76% connected

Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Tape 76% connected

A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

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Tether 76% connected

A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

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Yoke 76% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Derivationally related 10

Arrogation 74% connected

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

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Arrogation 74% connected

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

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Attachable 74% connected

Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

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Attachable 74% connected

Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

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Attachment 74% connected

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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Attachment 74% connected

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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Bond 74% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Bond 74% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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See also 2

Accompany 66% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

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Accompany 66% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

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Synonym 7

Bind 92% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Bond 92% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confiscate 92% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impound 92% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seize 92% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sequester 92% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tie 92% connected

A knot; a fastening.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Detach 94% connected

To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man…

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Detach 94% connected

To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man…

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