detach
detach is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
- transitive verb. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
- intransitive verb. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
- verb. cause to become detached or separated; take off
"detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
- verb. come to be detached
"His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
- verb. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
"detach a regiment"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in detach:
Common word forms
detached, detacher, detaches, detaching, detachable, detachment
Words from these letters
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