3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr & vb
n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It distaccare
staccare); pref. d['e] (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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
detach
v 1: cause to become detached or separated; take off "detach the
skin from the chicken before you eat it" [ant: {attach}]
2: military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp.
for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
3: come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be
rushed into surgery" [syn: {come off}, {come away}] [ant:
{attach}]
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