- My father had two horses that looked so much alike that he measured them so he could tell them apart.
- Did that help?
- It sure did. He found that the white one was 6 inches shorter than the black one.
v. - (often foll. By from) unfasten or disengage and remove.
- send (troops etc.) On a separate mission.
- (as detached adj.) A impartial; unemotional. B (esp. Of a house) standing separate. detachable adj. [french: related to *attach]
DETAIL
—n. - small particular; item.
- a these collectively (eye for detail). B treatment of them (detail was unconvincing).
- a minor decoration on a building etc. B small part of a picture etc. Shown alone.
- small military detachment. —v. - give particulars of.
- relate circumstantially.
- assign for special duty.
- (as detailed adj.) A (of a picture, story, etc.) Containing many details. B itemized (detailed list). in detail item by item, minutely. [french: related to *tail2]
DETAIN
v. - keep waiting; delay.
- keep in custody, lock up. detainment n. [latin teneo hold]
DETECT
v. - discover or perceive (detected a note of sarcasm).
- (often foll. By in) discover (a criminal); solve (a crime). detectable adj. Detector n. [latin tego tect- cover]
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