Verb
1. act as a barrier between; stand between;
"The mountain range divides the two countries"2. force, take, or pull apart;
"He separated the fighting children""Moses parted the Red Sea"3. mark as different;
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"4. separate into parts or portions;
"divide the cake into three equal parts""The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"5. come apart;
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"6. divide into components or constituents;
"Separate the wheat from the chaff"7. arrange or order by classes or categories;
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"8. become separated into pieces or fragments;
"The figurine broke""The freshly baked loaf fell apart"9. make a division or separation
10. 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"11. go one's own away; move apart;
"The friends separated after the party"12. treat differently on the basis of sex or race
13. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;
"The road forks"Adjective
1. independent; not united or joint;
"a problem consisting of two separate issues""they went their separate ways""formed a separate church"2. individual and distinct;
"pegged down each separate branch to the earth""a gift for every single child"3. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything;
"a freestanding bell tower""a house with a separate garage"4. not living together as man and wife;
"decided to live apart""maintaining separate households""they are separated"5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
"an individual serving""separate rooms""single occupancy""a single bed"6. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;
"separate but equal""girls and boys in separate classes"7. have the connection undone; having become separate