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#1 separate a. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church". wn
#2 separate v. [divide] act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries". wn
#3 separate v. [disunite, divide, part] force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea". wn
#4 separate v. [distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart] mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple". wn
#5 separate v. [divide, split, split up, 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". wn
#2 separate v. [divide] act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries". wn
#3 separate v. [disunite, divide, part] force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea". wn
#4 separate v. [distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart] mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple". wn
#5 separate v. [divide, split, split up, 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". wn
