TAKE APART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take apart mean? 

• TAKE APART (verb)
  The verb TAKE APART has 3 senses:

1. take apart into its constituent pieces

2. divide into pieces

3. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

  Familiarity information: TAKE APART used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE APART (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take apart into its constituent pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Divide into pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

discerp; dismember; take apart

Context example:

The Empire was discerped after the war

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

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

analyse; analyze; break down; dissect; take apart

Context example:

analyze a chemical compound

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