Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detached"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detached \De*tached"\, a.
Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached
parcels. ``Extensive and detached empire.'' --Burke.
{Detached escapement}. See {Escapement}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,
staccare); pref. d['e] (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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detached
adj 1: 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" [syn: {degage}, {uninvolved}]
2: 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" [syn: {isolated}, {separated}, {set-apart}]
3: 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"
[syn: {separated}]
4: (architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from
others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage" [ant: {attached}]
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: {free}]
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