Separate

['sep(ə)reɪt] or ['sɛpret]

Definition

(noun.) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.

(verb.) divide into components or constituents; 'Separate the wheat from the chaff'.

(verb.) force, take, or pull apart; 'He separated the fighting children'; 'Moses parted the Red Sea'.

(verb.) come apart; 'The two pieces that we had glued separated'.

(verb.) go one's own way; move apart; 'The friends separated after the party'.

(verb.) make a division or separation.

(verb.) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; 'The business partners broke over a tax question'; 'The couple separated after 25 years of marriage'; 'My friend and I split up'.

(verb.) act as a barrier between; stand between; 'The mountain range divides the two countries'.

(adj.) separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; 'separate but equal'; 'girls and boys in separate classes' .

(adj.) independent; not united or joint; 'a problem consisting of two separate issues'; 'they went their separate ways'; 'formed a separate church' .

Checked by Debbie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inputed by Barnard

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Disjoin, disunite, disconnect, dispart, divide, detach, disengage, insulate, isolate.[2]. Sever, dissever, sunder, cleave, part.[3]. Withdraw, remove, eliminate.

v. n. Part, divide, cleave, be divided, be disunited, be separated.

a. Disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, disunited, dissociated, detached, distinct, discrete.

Typist: Moira

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Disunited, disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, detached, severed, different

ANT:Connected, conjoined, united, alike

Editor: Miriam

Definition

v.t. to divide: to part: to withdraw: to set apart for a certain purpose: to sever.—v.i. to part: to withdraw from each other: to become disunited.—adj. separated: divided: apart from another: distinct.—n. Separabil′ity.—adj. Sep′arable that may be separated or disjointed.—n. Sep′arableness.—advs. Sep′arably; Sep′arately.—ns Sep′arateness; Sep′arating-disc an emery-wheel for cutting a space between teeth; Separā′tion act of separating or disjoining: state of being separate: disunion: chemical analysis: divorce without a formal dissolution of the marriage-tie; Separā′tionist; Sep′aratism act of separating or withdrawing esp. from an established church; Sep′aratist one who separates or withdraws esp. from an established church a dissenter: a name applied by the Unionists to those Liberals in favour of granting Home Rule to Ireland.—adj. Sep′arātive tending to separate.—ns. Sep′arātor one who or that which separates: a divider; Sep′arātory a chemical vessel for separating liquids of different specific gravities; Sep′arātrix the line separating light from shade on any partly illuminated surface; Separā′tum a separate copy of a paper which has been published in the proceedings of a scientific society.—Separate estate property of a married woman over which her husband has no right of control; Separate maintenance a provision made by a husband for the sustenance of his wife where they decide to live apart.

Typist: Remington

Examples

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