Separate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 2
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 3
Divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Make a division or separation.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 6
Act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 7
Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
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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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 9
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 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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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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- Give The Gate
- Disjoint
- Split Up
- Splinter
- Give The Bounce
- Break Apart
- Divorce
- Dissociate
- Disunite
- Break Away
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Meaning 11
Come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Disjoint
- Come Away
- Section
- Discerp
- Polarise
- Break Up
- Partition Off
- Break Off
- Chip Off
- Come Off
- Break Away
- Take Apart
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Meaning 12
Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Isolate
- Set Apart
- Disarticulate
- Bust
- Polarise
- Sequestrate
- Snap
- Disjoint
- Keep Apart
- Break Up
- Compartmentalise
- Cut Up
- Rupture
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Meaning 13
Go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.