separate
/ˈsɛpərˌet/
अलग
noun
1. offprint, reprint
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
2. separate
a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
verb
1. divide
act as a barrier between
stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"
2. disunite, divide, part
force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"
"Moses parted the Red Sea"
3. distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
4. 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"
5. separate
divide into components or constituents
"Separate the wheat from the chaff"
6. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
7. divide
make a division or separation
8. part, split up, split, break, break up
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"
9. part, split
go one's own way
move apart
"The friends separated after the party"
10. break, split up, fall apart, come apart
become separated into pieces or fragments
"The figurine broke"
"The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
11. discriminate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
12. divide, part
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
13. branch, ramify, fork, furcate
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road forks"
adjective
1. separate
independent
not united or joint
"a problem consisting of two separate issues"
"they went their separate ways"
"formed a separate church"
2. freestanding
standing apart
not attached to or supported by anything
"a freestanding bell tower"
"a house with a separate garage"
3. separate
separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
"separate but equal"
"girls and boys in separate classes"
4. disjoined
have the connection undone
having become separate
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