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Noun

S: (n) offprint (offprint%1:10:00::), reprint (reprint%1:10:00::), separate (separate%1:10:00::) (a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication)
S: (n) separate (separate%1:06:00::) (a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments)

Verb

S: (v) separate (separate%2:42:00::), divide (divide%2:42:00::) (act as a barrier between; stand between) "The mountain range divides the two countries"
S: (v) separate (separate%2:35:01::), disunite (disunite%2:35:00::), divide (divide%2:35:01::), part (part%2:35:01::) (force, take, or pull apart) "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
S: (v) distinguish (distinguish%2:31:00::), separate (separate%2:31:01::), differentiate (differentiate%2:31:01::), secern (secern%2:31:01::), secernate (secernate%2:31:00::), severalize (severalize%2:31:00::), severalise (severalise%2:31:00::), tell (tell%2:31:01::), tell apart (tell_apart%2:31:00::) (mark as different) "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
S: (v) divide (divide%2:41:00::), split (split%2:41:03::), split up (split_up%2:41:02::), separate (separate%2:41:01::), dissever (dissever%2:41:00::), carve up (carve_up%2:41:00::) (separate into parts or portions) "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
S: (v) separate (separate%2:35:02::) (divide into components or constituents) "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
S: (v) classify (classify%2:31:00::), class (class%2:31:00::), sort (sort%2:31:00::), assort (assort%2:31:00::), sort out (sort_out%2:31:00::), separate (separate%2:31:00::) (arrange or order by classes or categories) "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
S: (v) separate (separate%2:38:01::), divide (divide%2:38:00::) (make a division or separation)
S: (v) separate (separate%2:41:02::), part (part%2:41:00::), split up (split_up%2:41:01::), split (split%2:41:00::), break (break%2:41:13::), break up (break_up%2:41:00::) (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"
S: (v) separate (separate%2:38:00::), part (part%2:38:02::), split (split%2:38:00::) (go one's own way; move apart) "The friends separated after the party"
S: (v) break (break%2:30:00::), separate (separate%2:30:03::), split up (split_up%2:30:00::), fall apart (fall_apart%2:30:03::), come apart (come_apart%2:30:00::) (become separated into pieces or fragments) "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
S: (v) discriminate (discriminate%2:41:12::), separate (separate%2:41:00::), single out (single_out%2:41:00::) (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
S: (v) separate (separate%2:35:00::), divide (divide%2:35:00::), part (part%2:35:00::) (come apart) "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
S: (v) branch (branch%2:30:00::), ramify (ramify%2:30:00::), fork (fork%2:30:00::), furcate (furcate%2:30:00::), separate (separate%2:30:04::) (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork) "The road forks"

Adjective

S: (adj) separate (separate%3:00:00::) (independent; not united or joint) "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
S: (adj) freestanding (freestanding%3:00:00:detached:00), separate (separate%3:00:00:detached:00) (standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything) "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"
S: (adj) separate (separate%3:00:02:segregated:00) (separated according to race, sex, class, or religion) "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
S: (adj) disjoined (disjoined%3:00:00:unconnected:00), separate (separate%3:00:02:unconnected:00) (have the connection undone; having become separate)