Definitions for take apart

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart(verb)

    take apart into its constituent pieces

  2. dismember, take apart, discerp(verb)

    divide into pieces

    "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

  3. analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart(verb)

    make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

    "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. take apart(verb)ɪk

    to separate sth into the pieces it is made of

    She had taken the whole bike apart.

Wiktionary

  1. take apart(Verb)

    to dismantle something into it's component pieces.

  2. take apart(Verb)

    to soundly defeat someone, or a team

  3. take apart(Verb)

    to criticise someone

  4. take apart(Verb)

    to move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.


Translations for take apart

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

take apart(adverb)

to separate (something) into the pieces from which it is made

He took the engine apart.

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