Read the dictionary definition of separate. All definitions for this word.
1. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
2. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
1. The road forks
4. become separated into pieces or fragments
1. The figurine broke
2. The freshly baked loaf fell apart
5. mark as different
1. We distinguish several kinds of maple
6. arrange or order by classes or categories
1. How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
7. divide into components or constituents
1. Separate the wheat from the chaff
8. force, take, or pull apart
1. He separated the fighting children
2. Moses parted the Red Sea
9. come apart
1. The two pieces that we had glued separated
10. go one's own way; move apart
1. The friends separated after the party
11. make a division or separation
12. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
1. The business partners broke over a tax question
2. The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
3. My friend and I split up
13. separate into parts or portions
1. divide the cake into three equal parts
2. The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
14. treat differently on the basis of sex or race
15. act as a barrier between; stand between
1. The mountain range divides the two countries
16. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
1. a freestanding bell tower
2. a house with a separate garage
17. have the connection undone; having become separate
18. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
1. separate but equal
2. girls and boys in separate classes
19. independent; not united or joint
1. a problem consisting of two separate issues
2. they went their separate ways
3. formed a separate church
