separate (
http://definr.com/separate)
adj 1: independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of
two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways";
"formed a separate church" [ant:
joint]
2: individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch
to the earth"; "a gift for every single child" [syn:
single(a)]
3: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a
freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"
[syn:
freestanding]
4: not living together as man and wife; "decided to live
apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are
separated" [syn:
apart(p),
separated]
5: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy";
"a single bed" [syn:
individual,
single(a)]
6: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;
"separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
7: have the connection undone; having become separate [syn:
disjoined]
n 1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
larger publication [syn:
offprint,
reprint]
2: a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in
combinations with other garments
v 1: act as a barrier between; stand between: "The mountain range
divides the two countries" [syn:
divide]
2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn:
disunite,
divide,
part]
3: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
[syn:
distinguish,
differentiate,
secern,
secernate,
severalize,
tell,
tell apart]
4: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire
after World War I" [syn:
divide,
split,
split up,
dissever,
carve up] [ant:
unite]
5: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
[syn:
divide,
part]
6: divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat
from the chaff"
7: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[syn:
classify,
class,
sort,
assort,
sort out]
8: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine
broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn:
break,
split up,
fall apart,
come apart]
9: make a division or separation [syn:
divide]
10: 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" [syn:
part,
split up,
split,
break,
break up]
11: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after
the party" [syn:
part,
split]
12: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn:
discriminate,
single out]
13: divide into two or more branches; "The road forks" [syn:
branch,
ramify,
fork]