disband, dissolve
(verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit; “The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”
disband
(verb) cause to break up or cease to function; “the principal disbanded the political student organization”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded)
(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
(transitive, obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
(transitive, obsolete) To divorce.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*band" (; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. débander, to unbind, unbend. See Band, and cf. Disbend, Disbind.]
1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.
2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.
Dis*band", v. i.
Definition: To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
When both rocks and all things shall disband. Herbert. Human society would in a short space disband. Tillotson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
