disengage
(verb) become free; “in neutral, the gears disengage”
free, disengage
(verb) free or remove obstruction from; “free a path across the cluttered floor”
disengage, withdraw
(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; “I want to disengage myself from his influence”; “disengage the gears”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disengage (plural disengages)
(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
disengage (third-person singular simple present disengages, present participle disengaging, simple past and past participle disengaged)
(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
Synonyms: detach, disentangle, free, unfasten
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.]
Definition: To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. of Lavoisier.
Syn.
– To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.
Dis`en*gage", v. i.
Definition: To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self. From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
