separate

Adjective

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
  • separate but equal
    
  • girls and boys in separate classes
    

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
  • a freestanding bell tower
    
  • a house with a separate garage
    

• independent; not united or joint
  • a problem consisting of two separate issues
    
  • they went their separate ways
    
  • formed a separate church
    

Noun

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

Verb

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  • The road forks
    

• come apart
  • The two pieces that we had glued separated
    

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• become separated into pieces or fragments
  • The figurine broke
    
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart
    

• go one's own way; move apart
  • The friends separated after the party
    

• 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
    

• make a division or separation

• arrange or order by classes or categories
  • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
    

• divide into components or constituents
  • Separate the wheat from the chaff
    

• separate into parts or portions
  • divide the cake into three equal parts
    
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
    

• mark as different
  • We distinguish several kinds of maple
    

• force, take, or pull apart
  • He separated the fighting children
    
  • Moses parted the Red Sea
    

• act as a barrier between; stand between
  • The mountain range divides the two countries
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  disjoined , freestanding , offprint , reprint , branch , ramify , fork , furcate , divide , part , discriminate , single out , break , split up , fall apart , come apart , split , break up , classify , class , sort , assort , sort out , dissever , carve up , distinguish , differentiate , secern , secernate , sev
• Antonyms: 
  joint , unite , unify