separate

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

2. 2transitive verb

   To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.

3. 3transitive verb

   To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

5. 5participial adjective

   Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.

6. 6participial adjective

   Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.

7. 7participial adjective

   Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

8. 8noun

   a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

9. 9noun

   a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

   Synonyms

   offprintreprint
10. 10verb

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    "The road forks"

    Synonyms

    branchforkfurcateramify
11. 11verb

    become separated into pieces or fragments

    "The figurine broke"

    "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

    Synonyms

    break
12. 12verb

    mark as different

    "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

    Synonyms

    differentiatedistinguishsecernseveralizetell
13. 13verb

    arrange or order by classes or categories

    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

    Synonyms

    assortclassclassifysort
14. 14verb

    divide into components or constituents

    "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

15. 15verb

    force, take, or pull apart

    "He separated the fighting children"

    "Moses parted the Red Sea"

    Synonyms

    disunitedividepart
16. 16verb

    come apart

    "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

    Synonyms

    dividepart
17. 17verb

    go one's own way; move apart

    "The friends separated after the party"

    Synonyms

    partsplit
18. 18verb

    make a division or separation

    Synonyms

    divide
19. 19verb

    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question"

    "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"

    Synonyms

    breakpartsplit
20. 20verb

    separate into parts or portions

    "divide the cake into three equal parts"

    "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

    Synonyms

    disseverdividesplit
21. 21verb

    treat differently on the basis of sex or race

    Synonyms

    discriminate
22. 22verb

    act as a barrier between; stand between

    "The mountain range divides the two countries"

    Synonyms

    divide
23. 23adjective

    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

    "a freestanding bell tower"

    "a house with a separate garage"

    Synonyms

    freestanding
24. 24adjective

    have the connection undone; having become separate

    Synonyms

    disjoined
25. 25adjective

    separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

    "separate but equal"

    "girls and boys in separate classes"

26. 26adjective

    independent; not united or joint

    "a problem consisting of two separate issues"

    "they went their separate ways"