separate

Definitions of separate in various dictionaries:

noun - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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

verb - act as a barrier between

verb - force, take, or pull apart

verb - mark as different

verb - separate into parts or portions

verb - divide into components or constituents

verb - arrange or order by classes or categories

verb - make a division or separation

verb - discontinue an association or relation

verb - go one's own way

verb - become separated into pieces or fragments

verb - treat differently on the basis of sex or race

verb - come apart

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

adj - independent

adj - standing apart

adj - separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

adj - have the connection undone

To set or keep apart; disunite.

To space apart; scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.

To sort: separate mail by postal zones.

To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.

To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.

To part (a couple), often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year.

To terminate a contractual relationship, as military service, with; discharge.

To come apart.

To withdraw: The state threatened to separate from the Union.

To part company; disperse.

To stop living together as spouses.

To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.

Set or kept apart; disunited.

Existing as an independent entity.

Often Separate.

Dissimilar from all others; distinct: “a policeman’s way of being separate from you even when he was being nice” (John le Carré).

Not shared; individual: two people who held separate views on the issue.

Withdrawn from others; solitary.

verb - to set or keep apart