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separate - a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments |
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garment an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
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separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
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divide,
part |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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subdivide divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
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polarise,
polarize become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
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calve,
break up birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
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chip off,
come off,
break away,
break off,
chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
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disjoin,
disjoint become separated, disconnected or disjoint
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come away,
come off,
detach leave in a certain condition; "She came away angry"
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segregate separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
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segment divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
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reduce take off weight
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section,
segment divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
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partition off,
partition separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
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discerp,
dismember,
take apart cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
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gerrymander divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
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separate - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
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disunite,
divide,
part |
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part,
divide,
separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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compartmentalise,
compartmentalize,
cut up separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
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polarise,
polarize become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
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keep apart,
sequestrate,
set apart,
isolate,
sequester place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
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disjoin,
disjoint become separated, disconnected or disjoint
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disarticulate,
disjoint separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"
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disconnect make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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tear fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
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joint separate (meat) at the joint
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gin trap with a snare; "gin game"
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break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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sever,
break up set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
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rupture,
bust,
tear,
snap fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
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separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
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change integrity change in physical make-up
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decompose,
break down,
break up separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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dialyse,
dialyze separate by dialysis
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peptise,
peptize disperse in a medium into a colloidal state
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macerate soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
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card,
tease ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"
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filter out,
filtrate,
separate out,
filter,
strain remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
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extract calculate the root of a number
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fractionate obtain by a fractional process
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fractionate obtain by a fractional process
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sieve,
sift,
strain distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
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wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"
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disperse separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
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avulse separate by avulsion
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separate - 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" |
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part,
split,
break |
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give the bounce,
give the gate,
give the axe terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"
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disunify,
break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
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disassociate,
disunite,
divorce,
dissociate,
disjoint part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
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break with end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"
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divorce,
split up get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
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secede,
splinter,
break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
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break away,
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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separate - make a division or separation |
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divide |
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partition,
zone separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
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break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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dispel,
dissipate,
disperse,
scatter,
break up live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
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rail off,
rail complain bitterly
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detach cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
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close off,
shut off block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"
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separate - go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" |
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part,
split |
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move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
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dissipate,
disperse,
scatter,
spread out live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
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break up laugh unrestrainedly
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diffract undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"
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separate - act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" |
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separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" |
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joint involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress"
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divided distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
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independent free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
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individual,
single being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
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other very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
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segregated,
unintegrated separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
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unshared not shared
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separation the act of dividing or disconnecting
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apart
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asunder
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set-apart,
separated,
detached,
isolated spaced apart
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discrete,
distinct constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
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disjoint having no elements in common
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disjunct,
isolated progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
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isolable capable of being isolated or disjoined
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unaccompanied (of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time; "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms"
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separate - separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" |
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segregated,
unintegrated separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
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