'Detach' definitions:
Definition of 'detach'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" [ant: attach]
verb
Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
verb
Definition of 'Detach'
From: GCIDE
- Detach \De*tach"\, v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [1913 Webster]
- [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detach'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- accredit,
- assign,
- authorize,
- break up,
- call up,
- cast off,
- charge,
- charter,
- commandeer,
- commission,
- commit,
- conscript,
- consign,
- cut off,
- deactivate,
- debrief,
- delegate,
- demob,
- demobilize,
- depute,
- deputize,
- detach for service,
- detail,
- devolute,
- devolve,
- devolve upon,
- disaffiliate,
- disassemble,
- disband,
- discharge,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- dismantle,
- dismember,
- dismiss,
- dismount,
- disorganize,
- disperse,
- dissociate,
- dissolve,
- disunite,
- divorce,
- doff,
- draft,
- empower,
- enlist,
- enroll,
- entrust,
- free,
- give in charge,
- go separate ways,
- impress,
- induct,
- join,
- let go,
- levy,
- liberate,
- license,
- list,
- loose,
- loosen,
- mission,
- mobilize,
- muster,
- muster in,
- muster out,
- part,
- part company,
- post,
- press,
- raise,
- recruit,
- release,
- remove,
- scatter,
- send out,
- separate,
- sever,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- split up,
- summon,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- take off,
- transfer,
- unbar,
- unbind,
- unbolt,
- unbuckle,
- unbutton,
- unchain,
- unclasp,
- uncouple,
- undo,
- unfasten,
- unfetter,
- unglue,
- unlace,
- unlatch,
- unleash,
- unlock,
- unloose,
- unloosen,
- unstick,
- unstrap,
- untie,
- warrant,
- weigh anchor