Detach :: Detach (v. t.) 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..

Detach :: Detach (v. t.) 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..

Detach :: Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

Detachable :: Detachable (a.) That can be detached.

Detached :: Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detac.

Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..

Detaching :: Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detac.

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached..

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

Detail :: Detail (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction..

Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

Detail :: Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected..

Detail :: Detail (n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order..

Detail :: Detail (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron..

Detailed :: Detailed (imp. & p. p.) of Detai.

Detailer :: Detailer (n.) One who details.

Detailing :: Detailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detai.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Detain :: Detain (n.) Detention.

Detainder :: Detainder (n.) A writ. See Detinue.

Detained :: Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detai.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) One who detains.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Detaining :: Detaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detai.

Detainment :: Detainment (n.) Detention.

Semidetached :: Semidetached (a.) Half detached; partly distinct or separate.

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