attached vs staunch

attached

adj
  • Fond of (used with to). 

  • Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent. 

  • In a romantic or sexual relationship. 

  • Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides. 

  • Connected; joined. 

staunch

adj
  • Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game. 

  • Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition. 

  • Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight. 

  • Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving. 

  • Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy. 

  • Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight. 

noun
  • Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”) 

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