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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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..
Detach :: 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..
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..
Sputterer :: Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..
Ploughpoint :: Ploughpoint (n.) A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..
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..
Studbook :: Stud (v. t.) To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs..
Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..
Unlimber :: Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun..
Debris :: Debris (n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base..
Unsecularize :: Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Detach :: Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).
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..
Detached :: Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detac.
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..
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