Search Result for "disconnect":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);
- Example: "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"
- Example: "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
[syn: gulf, disconnect, disconnection]
VERB (2)
1. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable;
- Example: "unplug the hair dryer after using it"
[syn: unplug, disconnect]
2. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. [1913 Webster] The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. [1913 Webster] This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "disconnect": abrupt, abstract, alienate, break off, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut apart, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, disarticulate, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, isolate, leave, part, pull apart, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, undo, unhook, unyoke, withdraw
