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detached definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb detach 2 of 3 senses of detach Sense 1 detach => break, break off snap off => unbind => unhook Sense 3 detach, come off come away => blow off => cut off chop off lop off => unsolder => fall off Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb detach 2 of 3 senses of detach Sense 1 detach => break, break off snap off => unbind => unhook Sense 3 detach, come off come away => blow off => cut off chop off lop off => abscise => unsolder => fall off Entailment of verb detach Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb detach 3 senses of detach Sense 1 detach => disconnect Sense 2 detach => separate, divide Sense 3 detach, come off come away => separate, divide, part Familiarity of verb detach detach used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb detach Sense 1 detach => disconnect -------------- Sense 2 detach => separate, divide -------------- Sense 3 detach, come off come away => separate, divide, part -------------- Grep of noun detached detached house detached retina semi-detached house Overview of verb detach The verb detach has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) detach -- (cause to become detached or separated; take off "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it") 2. (1) detach -- (military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment; "detach a regiment") 3. detach, come off come away -- (come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery") Overview of adj detached The adj detached has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) degage, detached, uninvolved -- (showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander") 2. (2) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling") 3. (1) detached, separated -- (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases") 4. detached -- ((architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others "detached houses"; "a detached garage") 5. detached, free -- (not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran") Antonyms of adj detached 5 senses of detached Sense 1 degage, detached, uninvolved INDIRECT (VIA unconcerned) -> concerned Sense 2 detached, isolated, separated, set-apart INDIRECT (VIA separate) -> joint Sense 3 detached, separated INDIRECT (VIA unconnected) -> connected Sense 4 detached (vs. attached) attached (vs. detached) Sense 5 detached, free INDIRECT (VIA unfixed) -> fixed Similarity of adj detached 5 senses of detached Sense 1 degage, detached, uninvolved => unconcerned (vs. concerned) Sense 2 detached, isolated, separated, set-apart => separate (vs. joint) Sense 3 detached, separated => unconnected (vs. connected) Sense 4 detached (vs. attached) => freestanding, separate => semidetached Sense 5 detached, free => unfixed (vs. fixed) Attributes of adj detached Familiarity of adj detached detached used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj detached detached semidetached Overview of verb detach The verb detach has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) detach -- (cause to become detached or separated; take off "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it") 2. (1) detach -- (military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment; "detach a regiment") 3. detach, come off come away -- (come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery") Overview of adj detached The adj detached has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) degage, detached, uninvolved -- (showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander") 2. (2) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling") 3. (1) detached, separated -- (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases") 4. detached -- ((architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others "detached houses"; "a detached garage") 5. detached, free -- (not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran")
detached definition
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