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[ I or T ] to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated: be disengaged from The door was disengaged from one of its hinges. [ T ] to switch off the control of something: The autopilot had been disengaged. [ T ]
The meaning of DISENGAGE is to release from something that engages or involves. How to use disengage in a sentence.
[ I or T ] to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated: be disengaged from The door was disengaged from one of its hinges. [ T ] to switch off the control of something: The autopilot had been disengaged. [ T ]
Disengage definition: to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten. See examples of DISENGAGE used in a sentence.
1. to release or become released from a connection, obligation, etc: press the clutch to disengage the gears. 2. (Military) military to withdraw (forces) from close action. 3. (Fencing) fencing to move (one's blade) from one side of an opponent's blade to another in a circular motion to bring the blade into an open line of attack. ˌdisenˈgaged adj.
To disengage means to "free or disentangle" yourself or some object from another person or object. No, it doesn't mean breaking off your engagement to your beloved — that's "chickening out."
verb. 1. to release or become released from a connection, obligation, etc. press the clutch to disengage the gears. 2. military. to withdraw (forces) from close action. 3. fencing. to move (one's blade) from one side of an opponent's blade to another in a circular motion to bring the blade into an open line of attack. Collins English Dictionary.
disengage. [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to free somebody/something from the person or thing that is holding them or it; to become free. disengage yourself (from somebody/something) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son. (figurative) They wished to disengage themselves from these policies.
If you disengage something, or if it disengages, it becomes separate from something which it has been attached to. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera. John gently disengaged himself from his sister's tearful embrace.
DISENGAGE definition: to become separated from something, or to make two things become separate from each other: . Learn more.
