separate | a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments |
offprint reprint separate | a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication |
branch ramify fork furcate separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork, The road forks |
screen off separate off | partition by means of a divider, such as a screen, screen off this part of the room |
break separate split up fall apart come apart | become separated into pieces or fragments, The figurine broke, The freshly baked loaf fell apart |
distinguish separate differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell apart | mark as different, We distinguish several kinds of maple |
classify class sort assort sort out separate | arrange or order by classes or categories, How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric? |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
separate | divide into components or constituents, Separate the wheat from the chaff |
separate disunite divide part | force, take, or pull apart, He separated the fighting children, Moses parted the Red Sea |
separate divide part | come apart, The two pieces that we had glued separated |
separate part split | go one's own way, move apart, The friends separated after the party |
separate divide | make a division or separation |
separate part split up split break d break up | discontinue an association or relation, go different ways, The business partners broke over a tax question, The couple separated after years of marriage, My friend and I split up |
divide split split up separate dissever carve up | separate into parts or portions, divide the cake into three equal parts, The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I |
discriminate separate single out | treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
separate divide | act as a barrier between, stand between, The mountain range divides the two countries |
freestanding separate | standing apart, not attached to or supported by anything, a freestanding bell tower, a house with a separate garage |
disjoined separate | have the connection undone, having become separate |
separate | separated according to race, sex, class, or religion, separate but equal, girls and boys in separate classes |
separate | independent, not united or joint, a problem consisting of two separate issues, they went their separate ways, formed a separate church |