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detach
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")
Grep of noun detach
detached house
detached retina
detachment
detachment of the retina
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
Grep of adj detach
detachable
detached
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