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TAKE APART
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
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
Sense 3
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
