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/dɪtˈætʃt/ /ditˈætʃt/ Listen

verb

Detach v. t. (past & past part. detached; pres. part. detaching)

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.

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.

Synonyms: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See Detail.

Detach v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. "(A vapor) detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights."

adjective

Detached adj. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire."

Detached escapement. See Escapement.

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Etymology of 'Detached'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Detached" Quotes from Famous Books

... and meets the cords from the margin, acting, in fact, as the stick of the Umbrella. The machine is thus kept expanded during descent. The car is fastened to the centre cord, and the whole attached to the balloon in such a manner that it may be readily and quickly detached, either by cutting a string, or pulling a trigger. Consequently, in the East, where the Umbrella has been from the earliest ages in familiar use, it appears to have been occasionally employed by vaulters, to enable them to jump safely from ...

— Umbrellas and their History • William Sangster

... Shells and marine Worms work their way into the solid substance of the wall, piercing it, with holes in every direction, till large portions become insecure, and the next storm suffices to break off the fragments so loosened. Once detached, they are tossed about in the water, crumbled into Coral sand, crushed, often ground to powder by the friction of the rocks and the constant action ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 56, June, 1862 • Various

... dissolving them painlessly and noiselessly as a sudden wave dissolves the sand-built turrets of children. Smiling at the trivial air he raised his eyes to the priest's face and, seeing in it a mirthless reflection of the sunken day, detached his hand slowly which had acquiesced ...

— A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man • James Joyce

... where it passes through the Libombo Range; thence along the summits of the Libombo Range to the northern point of the N'Yawos Hill in that range (Bea. XVI); thence to the northern peak of the Inkwakweni Hills (Bea. XV.); thence to Sefunda, a rocky knoll detached from and to the north-east end of the White Koppies, and to the south of the Musana River (Bea. XIX.); thence to a point on the slope near the crest of Matanjeni, which is the name given to the south-eastern portion of the Mahamba Hills (Bea. XIII.); thence to the N'gwangwana, a double-pointed ...

— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick

... the flap of the envelope and drew out the enclosure—a square sheet of typewriting paper folded about a thin wad of Bank of England notes. He detached these at once and glanced quickly at them. There were six of them: all new and crisp—and each was for a ...

— The Borough Treasurer • Joseph Smith Fletcher

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