be attached to someone or something Definition

attach
verb attaches, attached, attaching

1. To fasten or join.

Thesaurus: connect, affix, bind, join, fasten, couple, link, tie, unite, weld, adhere; Antonym: remove, detach.
2. To associate (oneself) with or join.

Example: attached herself to the local Greenpeace
3. To attribute or assign.

Example: attach great importance to detail
4. law.
To arrest someone or seize (property) with legal authority.

Etymology: 14c: from French atachier to fasten.

Phrasal Verb: be attached to someone or something

To be fond of them or it.
Example: Nelly is very attached to her cat

Phrasal Verb: attach to something

To be connected with or form part of it.