1. [v]  cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
2. [v]  come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
3. [v]  military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

DETACH is a 6 letter word that starts with D.

1. \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,
   staccare); pref. d['e] (L. dis) + the root found also in E.
   attach. See {Attach}, and cf. {Staccato}.]
   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.
   
   Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin;
        withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
   
   

2. \De*tach"\, v. i.
   To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to
   disengage.
   
         [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still
         heights.                                 --Tennyson.