DISENGAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does disengage mean?
• DISENGAGE (verb)
The verb DISENGAGE has 3 senses:
1. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
2. free or remove obstruction from
3. become free
Familiarity information: DISENGAGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DISENGAGE (verb)
Meaning:
Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disengage; withdraw
Context examples:
I want to disengage myself from his influence / disengage the gears
Hypernyms (to "disengage" is one way to...):
let go; let go of; release; relinquish (release, as from one's grip)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disengage"):
unlock (set free or release)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
engage (keep engaged)
Meaning:
Free or remove obstruction from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disengage; free
Context example:
free a path across the cluttered floor
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disengage"):
dig out (dig out from underneath earth or snow)
unclog (become or cause to become unobstructed)
loosen up; unstuff (cause to become unblocked)
disencumber; disentangle; extricate; untangle (release from entanglement of difficulty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become free
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
in neutral, the gears disengage
Hypernyms (to "disengage" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disengage"):
unlock (become unlocked)
declutch (disengage the clutch of a car)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
engage (get caught)
