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 Definitions of detach  [ɪˈtætʃ]  

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Definition of 'detach' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) detach
to unfasten and separate; disengage.

2.  detach
to send (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.

Etymology:  (1470–80; < MF détacher, OF destachier; see dis -1, attach)

Definition of 'detach' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) detach
cause to become detached or separated; take off
"detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

2. (verb) detach
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
"detach a regiment"

3. (verb) detach, come off, come away
come to be detached
"His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"


Definition of 'detach' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) detach
to separate or cause to separated from sth larger
Detach the bottom of the form.; The vehicle's trailer detaches automatically.


Definition of 'detach' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) detach
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

2. (verb) detach
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

3. (verb) detach
to push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage


Translation of 'detach' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to unfasten or remove (from)
I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: losmaak, afskeur Arabic flag Arabic: يَفْصِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отделям
Brazilian flag Brazilian: destacar Czech flag Czech: oddělit, odpojit German flag German: abnehmen
Danish flag Danish: løsne; frigøre; rive af Greek flag Greek: αποσυνδέω, αποσπώ Spanish flag Spanish: separar, quitar
Estonian flag Estonian: eemaldama Farsi flag Farsi: باز کردن؛ جدا کردن Finnish flag Finnish: irrottaa
French flag French: détacher Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְנָתֵק Hindi flag Hindi: पृथक करना
Croatian flag Croatian: odvojiti, otcijepiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: elválaszt Indonesian flag Indonesian: melepaskan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: losa sundur, skilja (frá) Italian flag Italian: staccare Japanese flag Japanese: 分離する
Korean flag Korean: 분리하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atskirti, atsegti, atkabi Latvian flag Latvian: atdalīt; atšķirt
Malay flag Malay: pisah Dutch flag Dutch: losmaken Norwegian flag Norwegian: rive/klippe av, løsne, sk
Polish flag Polish: odłączać Persian flag Persian: باز کردن؛ جدا کردن Pashto flag Pashto: جلا كول، را بېلول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: destacar Romanian flag Romanian: a detaşa, a desprinde Russian flag Russian: отделять; отрывать
Slovak flag Slovak: oddeliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ločiti, odtrgati Serbian flag Serbian: odvojiti
Swedish flag Swedish: lösgöra, ta loss, avskilj Thai flag Thai: ถอดออก Turkish flag Turkish: ayırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 分開,拆下 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відділяти(ся), відокремлю Urdu flag Urdu: الگ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tháo gỡ Chinese flag Chinese: 分开,拆卸

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