Definition of detach

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Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment..

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Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks..
Wean :: Wean (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything..
Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..
Anecdote :: Anecdote (n.) A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Detachable :: Detachable (a.) That can be detached.
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion..
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..
Firmless :: Firmless (a.) Detached from substance.
Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic..
Unlimber :: Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket..
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..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
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..
Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..
Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment..
Fragment :: Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing..
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