DETACH
Dictionary entry overview: What does detach mean?
• DETACH (verb)
The verb DETACH has 3 senses:
1. cause to become detached or separated; take off
2. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
3. come to be detached
Familiarity information: DETACH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DETACH (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to become detached or separated; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it
Hypernyms (to "detach" is one way to...):
disconnect (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "detach"):
break; break off; snap off (break a piece from a whole)
unbind (untie or unfasten)
unhook (take off a hook)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
attach (cause to be attached)
Meaning:
Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
detach a regiment
Hypernyms (to "detach" is one way to...):
divide; separate (make a division or separation)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Come to be detached
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
come away; come off; detach
Context example:
His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
Hypernyms (to "detach" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "detach"):
blow off (come off due to an explosion or other strong force)
chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)
unsolder (remove the soldering from)
fall off (come off)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
attach (become attached)
