Search Result for "take_apart":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. take apart into its constituent pieces;
[syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart]

2. divide into pieces;
- Example: "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"
- Example: "The Empire was discerped after the war"
[syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]

3. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;
- Example: "analyze a specimen"
- Example: "analyze a sentence"
- Example: "analyze a chemical compound"
[syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

take apart
    v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble,
         dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant:
         assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack,
         tack together]
    2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
       funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
       [syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
    3: 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" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
       dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]