Englishfor English speakers
attach
Verb
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If you attach mathx/math to mathy/math, you put mathx/math on mathy/math so that they will not come apart.
Warnings and instruction should be firmly attached to the container.
Attach the wire to the speaker with the red clip.
Look for spaces where the tire attaches to the rim.
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If you are attached to an office, department, location, etc. you work for that part of the organisation.
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If a quality such as importance is attached to something, people think the thing has that quality.
There was a great deal of importance attached to being well dressed.
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If something is attached to something else, there is a strong connection between them.
The promise of more money for the school is attached to better results from the students?
There is also something called ground rent, which is attached to these apartments.
plug
Noun
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A plug is an object that fills a gap. Examples of a plug are, an electrical plug which plugs into the wall or electrical socket, a sink plug (or stopper) which stops the water from draining out of the sink or bath.
plug
Verb
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If you plug something you close by putting something into it.
We use corks to plug the barrels.
We were able to plug the leek for now.
I plugged my ears with my finger because of the noise.
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If you plug something in (or into) you put into a socket.
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If you plug something in you connect it to electricity.
You have to plug the computer in if for it to work.
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If you plug in an idea or way of doing something, you use it as a whole (without changing it).
We just plugged in the results from last year and everything worked.
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If something plugs something else closes it tightly.
The cork plugged the bottle.
The mudslide plugged the way out of the cave, trapping us.