detach
UK/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/
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detach verb: to take apart from; to take off.
Verb
detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)
- To take apart from; to take off.
- to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.1994, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- disengage
- To separate for a special object or use.
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
- Synonyms:
- allocate
- To come off something.
- Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.
- Synonyms:
- fall off
detach meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
detach in Tamil
- இணைப்பகற்று, தொடர்பறு, பற்றறு, பிரி, பிரித்தெடு
detach in Urdu
- علیحدہ ہونا, علیحدہ کرنا, الگ کرنا, ہٹانا
detach in Bengali
- বিচ্ছিন্ন করা, আলাদা করা
detach in Malayalam
- detach
- പിണങ്ങുക piṇaṅṅuka
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- detach in Kannada
- ಬೇರ್ಪಡಿಸು, ಕಳಚು, ಬಿಡಿಸು, ಒಡಚು
Examples of detach in a sentence
- I belong to the Allon, and yet detach myself from it.
- No porcupine can throw its quills, but they detach easily and will remain embedded in an attacker.
- To detach the round bone, the biggest muscle of the round, the topside, must first be removed.
Synonyms of detach
Antonyms
Forms of detach
| third-person singular present | detaches |
|---|---|
| present participle | detaching |
| past participle | detached |
| past | detached |
Origin of detach
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
Words formed from detach
Words that rhyme with detach
Questions about detach
- What does detach mean?
- Detach means to take apart from; to take off.
- What is detach in Tamil?
- Detach in Tamil is இணைப்பகற்று, தொடர்பறு, பற்றறு. See Detach meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is detach?
- Detach is a verb.
- How do you pronounce detach?
- Detach is pronounced /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of detach?
- The past tense of detach is detached.
Words near detach in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: detach (page history and authors); detach (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detach (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Detach (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പിണങ്ങുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); detach (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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