ATTACH TO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does attach to mean? 

• ATTACH TO (verb)
  The verb ATTACH TO has 2 senses:

1. be present or associated with an event or entity

2. be part of

  Familiarity information: ATTACH TO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTACH TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be present or associated with an event or entity

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accompany; attach to; come with; go with

Context example:

this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach to"):

co-occur with; collocate with; construe with; cooccur with; go with (go or occur together)

attend (to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result)

rule (have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be part of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

attach to; inhere in

Context example:

This problem inheres in the design

Hypernyms (to "attach to" is one way to...):

include (have as a part, be made up out of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attach to"):

repose; reside; rest (be inherent or innate in)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Any of a group of tumors that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of an egg by a sperm.

(Gestational trophoblastic tumor, NCI Dictionary)

Refers to the area where nerves and blood vessels attach to an organ.

(Hilar, NCI Dictionary)

A malignant, fast-growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta).

(Chorioblastoma, NCI Dictionary)

Substances that attach to CD134 on the surface of T cells (a type of white blood cell) may help the T cells grow and kill more cancer cells.

(CD134, NCI Dictionary)

A pivoting roller or wheel designed to attach to an object to make it movable.

(Caster Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Hormones can attach to these proteins.

(Hormone receptor test, NCI Dictionary)

Hormones (such as estrogen and progesterone that naturally occur in the body) can attach to these proteins.

(Hormone receptor test, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, in von Willebrand Disease, the platelets cannot stick together or cannot attach to blood vessel walls.

(Platelet Disorders, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Substances that attach to OX-40 on the surface of T cells (a type of white blood cell) may help the T cells grow and kill more cancer cells.

(OX-40, NCI Dictionary)

A branched system of pipes, typically those that attach to an engine to carry away exhaust.

(Manifold Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)