detach

verb
/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/UK/dəˈtæt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from destachier

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. To separate for a special object or use.

    • to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
  3. To come off something.

    • Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.

The neighborhood

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.

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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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