Separate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 2
Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The surgeon carefully separated the two tangled tissues to avoid further complications.
- The border patrol officers were trained to separate smugglers from genuine travelers.
- A referee intervened and attempted to separate the two angry fighters in the boxing match.
- Police were forced to separate the demonstrators from the counter-protesters on several occasions.
- The family law judge decided to separate the siblings temporarily due to the parental custody disputes.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Isolate
- Set Apart
- Disarticulate
- Bust
- Polarise
- Sequestrate
- Snap
- Disjoint
- Keep Apart
- Break Up
- Compartmentalise
- Cut Up
- Rupture
Related Words
Meaning 3
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 4
Divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 5
Become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 6
Make a division or separation.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 7
Act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Synonyms
Meaning 8
Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 9
Separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 10
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 11
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Give The Gate
- Disjoint
- Split Up
- Splinter
- Give The Bounce
- Break Apart
- Divorce
- Dissociate
- Disunite
- Break Away
Related Words
Meaning 12
Come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Disjoint
- Come Away
- Section
- Discerp
- Polarise
- Break Up
- Partition Off
- Break Off
- Chip Off
- Come Off
- Break Away
- Take Apart
Related Words
Meaning 13
Go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.