adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
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- she felt detached from the group
- could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson
- thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
- had a set-apart feeling
adjective
spaced apart
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adjective
separated at the joint
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- a dislocated knee
- a separated shoulder
adjective
no longer connected or joined
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- a detached part
- on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached
- the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
noun
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
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noun
a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
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verb
act as a barrier between
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- stand between
- The mountain range divides the two countries
verb
force, take, or pull apart
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- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
verb
mark as different
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- We distinguish several kinds of maple
verb
separate into parts or portions
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- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
verb
divide into components or constituents
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- Separate the wheat from the chaff
verb
arrange or order by classes or categories
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- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
verb
make a division or separation
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verb
discontinue an association or relation
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- 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
verb
go one's own way
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- move apart
- The friends separated after the party
verb
become separated into pieces or fragments
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- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
verb
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
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verb
come apart
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- The two pieces that we had glued separated
verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- The road forks
adjective
independent
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- not united or joint
- a problem consisting of two separate issues
- they went their separate ways
- formed a separate church
adjective
standing apart
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- not attached to or supported by anything
- a freestanding bell tower
- a house with a separate garage
adjective
separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
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- separate but equal
- girls and boys in separate classes
adjective
have the connection undone
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- having become separate