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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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