Detach /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Detached; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching

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.

1. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

   [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights.