separate

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

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