to become worse or less, or to make something worse or less, so that it is the same as something else:

to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it:

to make something decrease or get worse:

to make something lower in level or amount:

to be part of a group that opposes/supports a particular idea, plan, or group:

to wear informal clothes in a situation where people often wear more formal clothes:

the action of hitting someone or something noisily:

in connection with someone or something, or in the situation of something:

the supply of something, for example power to an engine, or the way that it is supplied:

to take notice of someones words or behaviour so that you know what you should do:

to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present:

If you say that a particular quality attaches to someone or something, you mean that they have that quality:

to make someone go away from somewhere:

To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality:

to unfairly prevent someone from getting or achieving something that they should have:

to be prevented from moving by something:

to give up or stop a habit or a regular activity:

to like doing something; to do something often:

to remove or throw away something unwanted:

to avoid doing something that you do not want to do, especially by giving an excuse: