Associations to the word «Detached»

Wiktionary

DETACHED, adjective. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
DETACHED, adjective. Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
DETACHED, adjective. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
DETACHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of detach
DETACHED HOUSE, noun. A free-standing, single-family dwelling unit, that does not share a common wall with any other structure.
DETACHED HOUSES, noun. Plural of detached house

Dictionary definition

DETACHED, adjective. 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".
DETACHED, adjective. 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".
DETACHED, adjective. 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".
DETACHED, adjective. Used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage".
DETACHED, adjective. Lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person".
DETACHED, adjective. Not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats