Definition of detach Detach

/dɪtæˈʧ/ - [ditatch] - de•tach

We found 10 definitions of detach from 6 different sources.

What does detach mean?

Verb detaches, detaching, detached
detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
		come off, come away
		attach be attached; be in contact with
		part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
		blow off come off due to an explosion or other strong force
		chop off, lop off, cut off remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
		unsolder remove the soldering from
		fall off diminish in size or intensity
detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
		attach be attached; be in contact with
		disconnect make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
		snap off, break off, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
		unbind untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
		unhook take off a hook
detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
		divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
		armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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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.
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.
detach (v. i.)
To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

detach
de-tach′, v.t. to unfasten: to take from or separate: to withdraw: to send off on special service.—v.i. to separate one's self.—adj. Detach′able.—p.adj. Detached′, unconnected: separate: free from care, passion, ambition, and worldly bonds.—adv. Detach′edly.—ns. Detach′edness; Detach′ment, state of being separated: that which is detached, as a body of troops. [Fr. détacher—de, neg., and root of attach.]

detach
To separate for a special object or use; as, to send out a body of men on some particular service, separate from that of the main body.

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detach in sign language