disengage
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
I want to disengage myself from his influence
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mesh antonym
- withdrawal derivation
- disengagement derivation
- withdrawer derivation
Sense 2 verb
free or remove obstruction from
free a path across the cluttered floor
Types & categories
- dig out hyponym
- unclog hyponym
- loosen up hyponym
- disentangle hyponym
Related & opposite
- obturate antonym
Sense 3 verb
become free
in neutral, the gears disengage
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- unlock hyponym
- declutch hyponym
Related & opposite
- engage antonym
- disengagement derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | mesh |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disengagement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | release |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlock |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | obturate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dig out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unclog |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | loosen up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disentangle |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | engage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disengagement |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | declutch |