detach

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ (US)
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/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ (US) · /dəˈtæt͡ʃ/

Definition of detach

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
  2. (transitive)To separate for a special object or use.
    “to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment”
  3. (intransitive)To come off something.
    “Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

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