Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: separate

'separate'

[offprint.n.01] as in: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

'separate'

[separate.n.02] as in: a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

'separate'

[separate.v.01] as in: act as a barrier between; stand between

Examples:
The mountain range divides the two countries

'separate'

[separate.v.02] as in: force, take, or pull apart

Examples:
He separated the fighting children
Moses parted the Red Sea

'separate'

[distinguish.v.01] as in: mark as different

Examples:
We distinguish several kinds of maple

'separate'

[divide.v.01] as in: separate into parts or portions

Examples:
divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

'separate'

[separate.v.05] as in: divide into components or constituents

Examples:
Separate the wheat from the chaff

'separate'

[classify.v.01] as in: arrange or order by classes or categories

Examples:
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

'separate'

[separate.v.07] as in: make a division or separation

'separate'

[separate.v.08] as in: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Examples:
The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
My friend and I split up

'separate'

[separate.v.09] as in: go one's own way; move apart

Examples:
The friends separated after the party

'separate'

[break.v.02] as in: become separated into pieces or fragments

Examples:
The figurine broke
The freshly baked loaf fell apart

'separate'

[discriminate.v.02] as in: treat differently on the basis of sex or race

'separate'

[separate.v.12] as in: come apart

Examples:
The two pieces that we had glued separated

'separate'

[branch.v.02] as in: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Examples:
The road forks

'separate'

[separate.a.01] as in: independent; not united or joint

Examples:
a problem consisting of two separate issues
they went their separate ways
formed a separate church

'separate'

[freestanding.s.01] as in: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

Examples:
a freestanding bell tower
a house with a separate garage

'separate'

[separate.s.02] as in: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

Examples:
separate but equal
girls and boys in separate classes

'separate'

[disjoined.s.01] as in: have the connection undone; having become separate

Origins

					separate (English)
└── separatus (Latin)