English verb: take apart | |||
1. | take apart (creation) take apart into its constituent pieces | ||
Synonyms | break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
Antonyms | assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | ||
2. | take apart (contact) divide into pieces | ||
Samples | Our department was dismembered when our funding dried up. The Empire was discerped after the war. | ||
Synonyms | discerp, dismember | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | divide, part, separate | ||
3. | take apart (cognition) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | ||
Samples | Analyze a specimen. Analyze a sentence. Analyze a chemical compound. | ||
Synonyms | analyse, analyze, break down, dissect | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | botanise, botanize, parse | ||
Antonyms | synthesise, synthesize | ||