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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Outlying :: Outlying (a.) Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached..
Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Fragment :: Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Sessile :: Sessile (a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
Dotted :: Dotted (a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects..
Hectocotylus :: Hectocotylus (n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes..
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..
Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Manikin :: Manikin (n.) A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc..
Unsecularize :: Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
Unship :: Unship (v. t.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller..
Detach :: Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
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..
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..
Disengage :: Disengage (v. t.) To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study..
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..
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