Attachment
[ə'tætʃm(ə)nt] or [ə'tætʃmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of attaching or affixing something.
(noun.) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; 'attachment to a formal agenda'; 'adherence to a fat-free diet'; 'the adhesion of Seville was decisive'.
(noun.) a supplementary part or accessory.
(noun.) a connection that fastens things together.
(noun.) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding.
(noun.) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution.
Inputed by Bruno--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
(n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
(n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
(n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
(n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Love, liking, regard, affection, friendship, fondness, predilection, devotedness, devotion, adhesion, adherence.[2]. Adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, addition, addendum.[3]. (Law.) Seizure, distress.
Checker: Rosalind
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ATTACH]
Checker: Wade
Examples
- She has such a strong attachment to you and reliance on you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Slowly raising her eyes to mine, she said: 'I suspect she has an attachment, Trot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Such an attachment from so true and loyal a gentleman could make no woman angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It could only be imputed to increasing attachment. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My aunt conceived a great attachment for her, by which she was induced to give her an education superior to that which she had at first intended. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Already the knowledge that Dorothea had chosen Mr. Casaubon had bruised his attachment and relaxed its hold. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their extreme youth, and the purity of their attachment, made them yield with less resistance to the tyranny of circumstances. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It must have been from attachment only, that she could be led to form the engagement. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He is, in sense and attachment, a phenomenon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Eustacia had frequently told him of Charley's romantic attachment. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They are not open, fervent, eloquent epistles, breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tucking, ruffling, braiding, cording, hemming, turning, plaiting, gaging, and other attachment devices are numerous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Whereas in Gerald's soul there still lingered some attachment to the rest, to the whole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Fanny was disposed to think the influence of London very much at war with all respectable attachments. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Spain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then came the electric bell signal and automatic selector attachments. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is the fate of a lonely old man, that those about him should form new and different attachments and leave him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Practically all silver, gold, and nickel plating is done in this way; machine, bicycle, and motor attachments are not solid, but are of cheaper material electrically plated with nickel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Here, as he grew to be about eight years old, his attachments may be said to have ended. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This with its attachments is called the grapple. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I must have been naturally steadfast in my attachments, or possessed a very good heart. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The trouble with these attachments was that they were either stripped off, or stripped away, by the gun spirals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It can also be purchased with different attachments with which curtains, radiators, clothes and walls may be cleaned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Attachments Increase Utility of Addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For cheapening the cost of buttonholes, and reducing the hand labor, various buttonhole machines and attachments to sewing machines have been devised. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Their local attachments are very abiding. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A man like you, without ties, can have no attachments; without dependants, no duties. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No man should have more than two attachments--the first, to number one, and the second to the ladies; that's what I say--ha! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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