(psychology) A condition where a person, especially a child, has difficulty, or is incapable of, bonding with others.

(music) Without any break between the current movement and the next movement of the work.

(often hyphenated) Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations.

(idiomatic) Without conditions or obligations; without a catch.

simple past tense and past participle of attach

Connected; joined. / Fond of (used with to). / In a romantic or sexual relationship. / (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result). / (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

(cardiology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, attack: to begin attacking, to commence battle. / (cricket) Of a bowler: to bowl one of the first two overs.

Someone who attacks. / (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.