detach
verb/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/UK/dəˈtæt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
- derived from destachier
Definitions
To take apart from
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.
To separate for a special object or use.
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
To come off something.
- Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at detach. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at detach. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at detach
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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