detach
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to become detached or separated; take off
detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it
Types & categories
- disconnect hypernym
- snap off hyponym
- unbind hyponym
- unhook hyponym
Related & opposite
- attach antonym
- disengagement derivation
Sense 2 verb
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
detach a regiment
Types & categories
- divide hypernym
Related & opposite
- detachment derivation
- military domain topic
Sense 3 verb
come to be detached
His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | attach |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disengagement |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disconnect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unbind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unhook |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detachment |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | divide |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | attach |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakup |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blow off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chop off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsolder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall off |