Definition of detach

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Detach (v. t.) 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..

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Embolus :: Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism..
Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..
Uncoach :: Uncoach (v. t.) To detach or loose from a coach.
Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Dot :: Dot (v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages..
Turning :: Turning (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned..
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..
Unlimber :: Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun..
Disincorporate :: Disincorporate (v. t.) To detach or separate from a corporation.
Draff :: Draff (n.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted..
Ploughpoint :: Ploughpoint (n.) A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
Disengage :: Disengage (v. i.) To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
L''envoy :: L'envoy (n.) One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry..
Sputterer :: Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Detached :: Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detac.
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings..
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