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detached
Overview of verb detach
The verb detach has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) detach -- (cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it")
2. (1) detach -- (separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment")
3. detach, come off, come away -- (come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery")
Overview of adj detached
The adj detached has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) degage, detached, uninvolved -- (showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander")
2. (2) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling")
3. (1) detached, separated -- (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases")
4. detached -- (used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage")
5. detached, free -- (not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran")
Grep of noun detached
detached house
detached retina
semi-detached house
Antonyms of verb detach
2 of 3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
Antonym of attach (Sense 1)
=>attach
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
Antonym of attach (Sense 3)
=>attach
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb detach
3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
=> disconnect
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 2
detach
=> separate, divide
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb detach
2 of 3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
=> break, break off, snap off
=> unbind
=> unhook
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
=> blow off
=> cut off, chop off, lop off
=> unsolder
=> fall off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb detach
3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
=> disconnect
Sense 2
detach
=> separate, divide
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
=> separate, divide, part
'Cause To' of verb detach
Derived Forms of verb detach
3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
RELATED TO>(noun) detachment#2
=> detachment, disengagement
Sense 2
detach
RELATED TO>(noun) detachment#4
=> detachment
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
RELATED TO>(noun) detachment#5
=> separation, breakup, detachment
Domain of verb detach
1 of 3 senses of detach
Sense 2
detach
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of verb detach
Familiarity of verb detach
detach used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb detach
3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
detach
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb detach
3 senses of detach
Sense 1
detach
> disconnect
=> uncouple, decouple
=> detach
Sense 2
detach
> separate, divide
=> partition, zone
=> break
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off, close off
Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
> separate, divide, part
=> subdivide
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off, come away
=> segregate
=> segment
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart, discerp
=> gerrymander
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb detach
Sense 1
detach
=> disconnect
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Sense 2
detach
=> separate, divide
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Sense 3
detach, come off, come away
=> separate, divide, part
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Grep of verb detach
detach
Antonyms of adj detached
5 senses of detached
Sense 1
degage, detached, uninvolved
INDIRECT (VIA unconcerned) -> concerned
Sense 2
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
INDIRECT (VIA separate) -> joint
Sense 3
detached, separated
INDIRECT (VIA unconnected) -> connected
Sense 4
detached (vs. attached)
attached (vs. detached)
Sense 5
detached, free
INDIRECT (VIA unfixed) -> fixed
Similarity of adj detached
5 senses of detached
Sense 1
degage, detached, uninvolved
=> unconcerned (vs. concerned)
Sense 2
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
=> separate (vs. joint)
Sense 3
detached, separated
=> unconnected (vs. connected)
Sense 4
detached (vs. attached)
=> freestanding, separate
=> semidetached
Sense 5
detached, free
=> unfixed (vs. fixed)
Pertainyms of adj detached
Attributes of adj detached
Domain of adj detached
1 of 5 senses of detached
Sense 4
detached (vs. attached)
TOPIC>(noun) architecture#2
Domain Terms of adj detached
Familiarity of adj detached
detached used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj detached
detached
semidetached
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