1. detach - verb
· cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
Hypernym(s): disconnect
Antonym(s): attach
2. detach - verb
· separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
3. detach - verb
· come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
Synonym(s): come_off, come_away
Hypernym(s): separate, divide, part
Antonym(s): attach
4. detached - adjective
· showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
Synonym(s): degage, uninvolved
5. detached - adjective
· being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
Synonym(s): isolated, separated, set-apart
6. detached - adjective
· no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
Synonym(s): separated
7. detached - adjective
· used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
Antonym(s): attached
8. detached - adjective
· lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"
Synonym(s): unaffectionate, uncaring
9. detached - adjective
· not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Synonym(s): free
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