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Quick definitions from WordNet (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
▸ verb: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways ("The couple separated after 25 years of marriage")
▸ verb: act as a barrier between; stand between
▸ verb: divide into components or constituents ("Separate the wheat from the chaff")
▸ verb: force, take, or pull apart ("He separated the fighting children")
▸ verb: come apart ("The two pieces that we had glued separated")
▸ verb: go one's own away; move apart ("The friends separated after the party")
▸ verb: make a division or separation
▸ verb: treat differently on the basis of sex or race
▸ verb: become separated into pieces or fragments
▸ verb: mark as different
▸ verb: separate into parts or portions
▸ verb: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
▸ verb: arrange or order by classes or categories
▸ adjective: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion ("Separate but equal")
▸ adjective: independent; not united or joint ("A problem consisting of two separate issues")
▸ adjective: individual and distinct ("Pegged down each separate branch to the earth")
▸ adjective: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing ("Separate rooms")
▸ adjective: not living together as man and wife ("Maintaining separate households")
▸ adjective: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything ("A house with a separate garage")
▸ adjective: have the connection undone; having become separate
▸ Also see separating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to separate
▸ Usage examples for separate
▸ Idioms related to separate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing separate
▸ Popular nouns described by separate
▸ Words that often appear near separate
▸ Rhymes of separate
▸ Invented words related to 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
▸ verb: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways ("The couple separated after 25 years of marriage")
▸ verb: act as a barrier between; stand between
▸ verb: divide into components or constituents ("Separate the wheat from the chaff")
▸ verb: force, take, or pull apart ("He separated the fighting children")
▸ verb: come apart ("The two pieces that we had glued separated")
▸ verb: go one's own away; move apart ("The friends separated after the party")
▸ verb: make a division or separation
▸ verb: treat differently on the basis of sex or race
▸ verb: become separated into pieces or fragments
▸ verb: mark as different
▸ verb: separate into parts or portions
▸ verb: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
▸ verb: arrange or order by classes or categories
▸ adjective: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion ("Separate but equal")
▸ adjective: independent; not united or joint ("A problem consisting of two separate issues")
▸ adjective: individual and distinct ("Pegged down each separate branch to the earth")
▸ adjective: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing ("Separate rooms")
▸ adjective: not living together as man and wife ("Maintaining separate households")
▸ adjective: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything ("A house with a separate garage")
▸ adjective: have the connection undone; having become separate
▸ Also see separating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to separate
▸ Usage examples for separate
▸ Idioms related to separate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing separate
▸ Popular nouns described by separate
▸ Words that often appear near separate
▸ Rhymes of separate
▸ Invented words related to separate