detach

[De*tach·]

If you separate one thing from another, you are detaching it. As a newborn baby, you became familiar with this concept as soon as your umbilical cord was cut!

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To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

Verb
cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

Verb
come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

Verb
military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"


v. t.
To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

v. t.
To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.

v. i.
To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.


Detach

De*tach" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching.] [F. d'82tacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. d'82 (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.] 1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party. 2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment. Syn. -- To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw;; draw off. See Detail.

Detach

De*tach", v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
[A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights.

To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

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