detach
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dəˈtæt͡ʃ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃ
Verb
[edit]detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)
- (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
- to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- 1994, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN:
- The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.
- (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
- (intransitive) To come off something.
- Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.
Synonyms
[edit]- (take apart from): disengage, unfasten; see also Thesaurus:disconnect or Thesaurus:deadhere
- (separate for a special object or use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
- (come off something): fall off
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