definition of
separate

[1] #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] #2 separate v. [divide] act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries". wn

[3] #3 separate v. [disunite, divide, part] force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea". wn

[4] #4 separate v. [distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart] mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple". wn

[5] #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