different between detach vs draw_off
detach
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)
- (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
- (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.
- (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
detach From the web:
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draw_off
English
Pronunciation
Verb
draw off (third-person singular simple present draws off, present participle drawing off, simple past drew off, past participle drawn off)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To remove by using a siphon.
- (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.
- 1966, Robert William Murphy, The Phantom Setter, and Other Stories (page 102)
Anagrams
- Wafford, affowrd, ward off
draw_off From the web:
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- what does draw-off mode mean
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- what is draw offer
- what is draw-off tap
- what is a draw offer in chess
- what is a draw off valve
- what is water draw off
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