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take apart
Overview of verb take-apart
The verb take apart has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart -- (take apart into its constituent pieces)
2. (1) dismember, take apart, discerp -- (divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war")
3. analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart -- (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound")
Antonyms of verb take-apart
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take-apart
3 senses of take apart
Sense 1
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Sense 3
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb take-apart
1 of 3 senses of take apart
Sense 3
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
=> parse
=> botanize, botanise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take-apart
3 senses of take apart
Sense 1
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp
=> separate, divide, part
Sense 3
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
'Cause To' of verb take-apart
Derived Forms of verb take-apart
Domain of verb take-apart
Domain Terms of verb take-apart
Familiarity of verb take-apart
take apart used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb take-apart
3 senses of take apart
Sense 1
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb take-apart
2 of 3 senses of take apart
Sense 1
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
> destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp
> separate, divide, part
=> subdivide
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off, come away
=> segregate
=> segment
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart, discerp
=> gerrymander
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb take-apart
Sense 1
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
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Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp
=> separate, divide, part
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Sense 3
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
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