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Take Apart (Verb)

Meaning 1

Take apart into its constituent pieces.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • To understand the intricate mechanisms, the engineer had to take apart the entire machine into its individual components.
  • The clockmaker carefully took apart the timepiece to clean its delicate gears.
  • Take apart the furniture assembly to check for any damages before proceeding with installation.
  • To replace the broken part, you first need to take apart the appliance into its constituent pieces.
  • Before reassembling the device, ensure all components are accounted for after taking apart the casing and interior.

Synonyms

  • Dismantle
  • Break Apart
  • Break Up
  • Disassemble

Hypernyms

  • Destroy
  • Destruct

Hyponyms

  • Strike

Meaning 2

Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The toy was designed to be easy to take apart and reassemble for cleaning purposes.
  • Her department was take apart when the company had to make cutbacks due to financial difficulties.
  • The company was take apart and sold to several different investors after it went bankrupt.
  • When the project was canceled, the team was take apart and reassigned to other departments.
  • The large organization was take apart and restructured into smaller, more efficient units.

Synonyms

  • Dismember
  • Discerp

Hypernyms

  • Separate
  • Part

Meaning 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".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Examples

  • To fully comprehend the poem's meaning, the literary critic attempted to take apart every line of the text and examine the poet's use of symbolism and metaphor.
  • Take apart the molecular structure of the compound to understand its properties and behaviors.
  • By carefully taking apart the sentence, the students were able to identify the individual parts of speech and understand its grammatical construction.
  • The research team took apart the data from the experiment, searching for patterns and correlations that could explain the results.
  • The laboratory test required scientists to take apart the chemical compound into its individual elements to determine its composition.

Synonyms

  • Break Down
  • Analyze
  • Analyse
  • Dissect

Hyponyms

  • Parse
  • Botanize
  • Botanise
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