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detached

 
Adjective detached has 5 senses
  1. degage, detached, uninvolved - showing lack of emotional involvement; "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"
    Antonym: concerned (indirect, via unconcerned)
  2. detached, isolated, separated, set-apart - being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "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"
    Antonym: joint (indirect, via separate)
  3. detached, separated - no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
    Antonym: connected (indirect, via unconnected)
  4. detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
    Antonym:
    attached
  5. detached, free - not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
    Antonym: fixed (indirect, via unfixed)
Verb detach has 3 senses
  1. detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
    --1 is one way to
    disconnect
    Antonyms: attach
    Derived form: noun detachment2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. detach - military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
    --2 is one way to
    separate, divide
    Derived form: noun detachment4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. detach, come off, come away - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
    --3 is one way to separate, divide, part
    Antonyms: attach
    Derived form: noun detachment5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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