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Webster 1913 Edition
Detach
De-tach′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Detached
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Detaching
.] 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.
Syn. – To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See
Detail
. De-tach′
,Verb.
I.
To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
[A vapor]
From those still heights.
detaching
, fold by fold,From those still heights.
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Detach
DETACH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To separate or disunite; to disengage; to part from; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from the interest of the minister, or from a party.2.
To separate men from their companies or regiments; to draw from companies or regiments, as a party of men, and send them on a particular service.3.
To select ships from a fleet and send them on a separate service.Definition 2024
detach
detach
English
Verb
detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)
- To take apart from; to take off.
- to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- (military) To separate for a special object or use.
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to take apart or take off
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