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