attach 'cause to be attached' splice 'join the ends of' engraft 'cause to grow together parts from different plants' ingraft 'cause to grow together parts from different plants' graft 'cause to grow together parts from different plants' splice 'join together so as to form new genetic combinations' concatenate 'add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series'
cluster agglutinate shake concatenate graft mass roll ligate secure scramble whip fixate fuse bind fix affix baste beat ?bind band attach jumble bundle lump fasten group herd package sew ?bond splice toggle gather whisk pair collate weld glom moor stir shuffle collect ?stick
manacle 'COD: fetter with a manacle or manacles' rivet 'COD: join or fasten with a rivet or rivets' hitch 'COD: fasten or tether with a rope' cinch 'COD: secure with a belt' link 'COD: join physically. ' anchor 'COD: secure firmly in position' solder 'COD: join with solder' truss 'COD: bind or tie up tightly.' connect 'FN: join together' join 'FN: cause to become linked or connected to.' append 'FN: attaching one thing to another usually larger or more important one.' tether 'COD: tie with a tether' fasten 'COD: fix or hold in place' attach 'COD: fasten; join' strap 'COD: fasten or secure with a strap.' yoke 'FN: attach with a crosspiece' bind 'FN: to fasten something together' gum 'COD: gummed, gumming with obj. cover or fasten with gum or glue' fuse 'COD: join, blend, or coalesce to form a single entity' affix 'COD: attach or fasten to something else' chain 'COD: fasten, secure, or confine with a chain' sew 'COD: join, fasten, or repair by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine' plaster 'FN: attach or fasten tightly to another surface' hook 'FN: to attach or join together by means of a hook' stick 'COD: adhere or cause to adhere.' nail 'COD: fasten with a nail or nails. ' cement 'COD: fix with cement; bind together ' tape 'COD: fasten, attach, or mark off with tape' moor 'COD: make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor' mount 'FN: fix in position' glue 'COD: fasten or join with glue' handcuff 'COD: put handcuffs on' weld 'COD: join together (metal parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting and pressing or hammering them together' secure 'COD: make secure; fix or fasten securely' shackle 'COD: chain with shackles' untie 'COD: undo or unfasten' paste 'COD: stick with paste' fix 'COD: attach or position securely' staple 'COD: secure with a staple or staples ' bond 'COD: join or be joined securely to something else. with obj. ' lash 'COD: fasten securely with a cord or rope' tie 'COD: attach or fasten with string, cord, etc' tack 'COD: fasten or fix with tacks or with temporary long stitches' detach 'COD: disengage (something) and remove it' pin 'COD: attach or fasten with a pin or pins'
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Examples from VerbNet
Herman whipped sugar and the cream together. Herman spliced ropes. Herman whipped cream. The sugar whipped into cream easily. The sticks bundled together easily. Herman gathered the students into a group. The sticks bundled easily. Herman gathered the students together. Herman whipped sugar with the cream.
Examples from SemCor
I waited until the parking attendant was busy with a customer, then slipped around the back of the car with license_number JYM 114, attached the electronic bug to_the_rear bumper and walked_out. If he attaches little importance to personal liberty, why not make this known to the world? He did seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed_off the building of the worktable equally lightly. Refunds of$ 1 will not be made unless you attach a separate application to your return requesting such a refund. For_example, the inflected forms of a word can be represented, insofar as regular inflection allows, by a stem and a set of endings to be attached. What probabilities should be attached to these possible outcomes? At_the_same_time he watched carefully to see how one attached pegboards to stone walls, but Mr._Blatz was usually standing in his line_of_vision and it all seemed so simple that he did like to disclose his ignorance. It is over this piece that the laminated stem and keelson are spliced. To reduce heat transfer from the hot gas to this anode holder outside the region of the arc, a carbon shield was attached to the surface providing an air gap of 1/16 inch between the plate and the surface of the anode holder. In such a case, Form_1310 should be completed and attached to the return. How in the world did one attach a pegboard to a stone wall? A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the did wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned_on it? The final step merely uses the table of dictionary usage to select the dictionary information that pertains to each form matched in the text form list, and uses the list of information cells recorded in text order to attach the appropriate information to each occurrence in text. You must attach a statement to your return, if you take_advantage of this automatic extension, showing that you were in Alaska or were outside the United_States or Puerto_Rico on April 15 or other due_date. The of these organizations at_present denies to the full_time educator any vote on the conduct and standards of the group and, indeed, refuses him even the right to attach the customary initials after his name in the college catalog. The reactants for the gas phase experiments were first frozen_out in a side arm attached to the manifold and then allowed to distill slowly into the manifold of pre-cooled reaction cells before sealing_off. A description of this process will serve to illustrate how any type of information can be retrieved from the dictionary and attached to each text occurrence. `` Hang this around your neck or attach it to other parts of your anatomy, and its rays will cure any disease you have'', said the company. How did one attach anything to a stone wall, for_that_matter? Some manufacturers have had the foresight to provide a socket for the chuck key; otherwise, you 'll have_to spend a_few minutes to either attach a suitable spring clip somewhere on the press head or fit the key to a length of light chain and fasten to the bottom of the motor mount so_that the key is out_of_the_way when not in_use. It is very important indeed, in the field of extra-sensory perception and its relation_to the survival hypothesis, to know whether the statements are actually only those which any intuitive person might venture and an eager sitter attach to himself. The jail authorities- attaching no particular significance to the episode- offered Barco whisky to revive him; but the old fellow, a lifelong teetotaler, refused it, and no_more was thought_of the_matter. But then one day, while on a week 's visit to the country home of a retired Swiss jeweler, Rousseau amused the company with a_few little melodies he had written, to which he attached no great importance.