Disengaging - English meaning

verb

Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.

Usage examples:

The mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels

verb

To separate two or more things or activities, or to become separated

Usage examples:

Decouple (sth) from sth europe and japan might decouple from the united states by growing on their …

verb

Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

Usage examples:

He detached the front lamp from its bracket

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is connected to

Usage examples:

Detach the lower half of the form and return it to the above address.

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is joined to

Usage examples:

Detach sth from sth detach the reply slip from this letter and return it to the above address.

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

noun

An instance of disconnecting or being disconnected.

Usage examples:

A disconnect message

verb

To break a connection that carries a substance or electricity, or to break such a connection used by someone or something

Usage examples:

He disconnected a gas line., carefully tip the grill on its back and disconnect the burner from the…

verb

Free (something or someone) from something that they are entangled with.

Usage examples:

‘i must go,’ she said, disentangling her fingers from gabriel's

verb

To separate things that have become joined or confused

Usage examples:

It’s hard to disentangle the truth from all her lies.

verb

Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He was trying to extricate himself from official duties

verb

Release from entanglement or difficulty

adjective

Able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.

Usage examples:

I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free

adverb

Without cost or payment.

Usage examples:

Ladies were admitted free

verb

Release from confinement or slavery.

Usage examples:

They were freed from jail

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

Joe was home on leave

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

Usage examples:

A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

Usage examples:

He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

Usage examples:

The hounds have been loosed

verb

Make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place) less tight or firm.

Usage examples:

Loosen your collar and tie

verb

To become or make something less firmly fixed

Usage examples:

[ i ] the screws holding the light fixture have loosened, and it’s dangling from the ceiling., [ t …

verb

Leave (a place), usually permanently.

Usage examples:

Hippies finally quit two sites in hampshire last night

adjective

Rid of.

Usage examples:

I want to be quit of him

noun

Used in names of various small songbirds found in the caribbean area, e.g. bananaquit, grassquit.

Usage examples:

The grassquit resides in small flocks and likes to use empty bananaquit nests for roosting at night.

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Usage examples:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Usage examples:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

idiom

Grant freedom to

verb

Unfasten (something fastened with a clasp or similar device).

Usage examples:

They unclasped their seat belts

verb

Deselect (an option on an electronic interface) by pressing a button on a mouse or screen.

Usage examples:

County workers running the program forgot to unclick a box that loaded all the early voting results

verb

Release or unfasten (something) with a clicking sound.

Usage examples:

I put my hand down to unclick my seatbelt but realized i forgot to buckle it in the first place

verb

Disconnect (something, especially a railway vehicle that has been coupled to another).

Usage examples:

They uncoupled the engine

verb

Unfasten, untie, or loosen (something).

Usage examples:

The knot was difficult to undo

noun

A feature of a computer program that allows a user to cancel or reverse the last command executed.

Usage examples:

The undo command

verb

Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect

verb

Open the fastening of; undo (something).

Usage examples:

Allie stands before the mirror unfastening her earrings

verb

To make looser or take apart something that fastens or is fastened

Usage examples:

[ t ] cal loosened his tie and unfastened his collar.

verb

Unhook or unfasten (something tethered to or caught on something else).

Usage examples:

He unhitched the side of the trailer

verb

Unfasten or detach (something that is held or caught by a hook).

Usage examples:

She unhooked a towelling robe from behind the door

verb

Undo; let free.

Usage examples:

He rushed across to unloose the dog

verb

Undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up).

Usage examples:

She knelt to untie her laces

verb

To unfasten a knot or something tied

Usage examples:

I had to help her untie her shoelaces.

verb

Release (a pair of animals) from a yoke.

Usage examples:

Indeed the expense and the nature of the gifts - unyoked animals for unmarried goddesses, for examp…

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…