DETACHED
detached
(adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others; “detached houses”; “a detached garage”
degage, detached, uninvolved
(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”
detached, separated
(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”
detached, free
(adjective) not fixed in position; “the detached shutter fell on him”; “he pulled his arm free and ran”
detached, unaffectionate, uncaring
(adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling; “an uncaring person”
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
detached (comparative more detached, superlative most detached)
Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
Verb
detached
simple past tense and past participle of detach
Source: Wiktionary
De*tached", a.
Definition: Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire." Burke. Detached escapement. See Escapement.
DETACH
De*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching.] Etym: [F. détacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. dé (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
Syn.
– To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw;; draw off. See Detail.
De*tach", v. i.
Definition: To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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