Crossword clues for disengaging
disengaging
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d['e]sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
borrowed.
--Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
process.
--Transl. of
Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.
Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a. Loosing; setting free; detaching.
Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of disengage English)
Usage examples of "disengaging".
He was back at the Mindori three minutes after disengaging from the airlock.
But disengaging from this eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation was going to be tricky.
Excellency, pray be so good -the left arm, gently disengaging the claws.