vverb.contactcause to become detached or separated; take offExamples:- detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it
Antonyms:attach
Derivationally Related Form:detachment
Hypernyms:disconnect
Inherited Hypernyms:detachdisconnectseparatemove
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak offsnap offunbindunhook
Full Troponyms:breakunbindunhook
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.motionseparate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignmentTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Derivationally Related Form:detachment
Hypernyms:divide separate
Inherited Hypernyms:detachseparate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contactcome to be detachedSynset:come away come off detach
Examples:- His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
Antonyms:attach
Derivationally Related Form:detachment
Hypernyms:divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:detachseparatechange
Direct Hyponyms:blow offchop offcut offfall offlop offunsolder
Full Troponyms:absciseblow offcut offfall offroachunsolder
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
adj satadj.allshowing lack of emotional involvementSynset:degage uninvolved
Examples:- adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair - J.S.Perelman
- she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
- an uninvolved bystander
Antonyms:concerned
Inherited Hypernyms:degage
Similar to:unconcerned
adj satadj.allbeing or feeling set or kept apart from othersSynset:isolated separated set-apart
Examples:- she felt detached from the group
- could not remain the isolated figure he had been - Sherwood Anderson
- thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
- had a set-apart feeling
Antonyms:joint
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:separate
adj satadj.allno longer connected or joinedSynset:separated
Examples:- a detached part
- on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached
- the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
Antonyms:connected
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:unconnected
adjadj.allused of buildings; standing apart from othersTopic:architecture
Examples:- detached houses
- a detached garage
Antonyms:attached
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:freestanding separate semidetached
adj satadj.alllacking affection or warm feelingSynset:unaffectionate uncaring
Antonyms:loving
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:unloving
adj satadj.allnot fixed in positionSynset:free
Examples:- the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran
Antonyms:fixed
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:unfixed