different between detach vs draw_off

English

Etymology

From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Verb

detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)

1. (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.

2. (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.

3. (intransitive) To come off something.

Synonyms

• (take apart from): disengage, unfasten; see also Thesaurus:disconnect or Thesaurus:deadhere
• (separate for a special object or use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (come off something): fall off

Antonyms

• attach

Derived terms

• detachable
• detachment

Translations

Anagrams

• Cath ed, cathed, chated, hectad

English

Pronunciation

Verb

draw off (third-person singular simple present draws off, present participle drawing off, simple past drew off, past participle drawn off)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To remove by using a siphon.

2. (intransitive) To retire or retreat.
   • 1966, Robert William Murphy, The Phantom Setter, and Other Stories (page 102)

     One of the lynxes moved; it drew off a little farther, as though deciding to abandon the fight.

Anagrams

• Wafford, affowrd, ward off