SEPARATE

(noun) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
(noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
synonyms : offprint , reprint
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road forks"
synonyms : branch , fork , furcate , ramify
(verb) become separated into pieces or fragments
"The figurine broke", "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
synonyms : break , come apart , fall apart , split up
(verb) mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
synonyms : differentiate , distinguish , secern , secernate , severalise , severalize , tell , tell apart
(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
synonyms : assort , class , classify , sort , sort out
(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"
synonyms : disunite , divide , part
(verb) come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
synonyms : divide , part
(verb) go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party"
synonyms : part , split
(verb) make a division or separation
synonyms : divide
(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"
synonyms : break , break up , part , split , split up
(verb) separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts", "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
synonyms : carve up , dissever , divide , split , split up
(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race
synonyms : discriminate , single out
(verb) act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"
synonyms : divide
(adj.) independent; not united or joint
"a problem consisting of two separate issues", "they went their separate ways", "formed a separate church"
(adj.) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
"a freestanding bell tower", "a house with a separate garage"
synonyms : freestanding
(adj.) have the connection undone; having become separate
synonyms : disjoined
(adj.) separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
"separate but equal", "girls and boys in separate classes"

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