Take apart (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Meaning:

Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Example:

analyze a chemical compound

Synonyms:

analyse; analyze; break down; dissect; take apart

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take apart"):

parse (analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence))

botanise; botanize (collect and study plants)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Divide into pieces

Example:

The Empire was discerped after the war

Synonyms:

discerp; dismember; take apart

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "take apart" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Take apart into its constituent pieces

Synonyms:

break apart; break up; disassemble; dismantle; take apart

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "take apart" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take apart"):

strike (disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something