separate
     adj 1: independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of
            two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways";
            "formed a separate church" [ant: {joint}]
     2: individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch
        to the earth"; "a gift for every single child" [syn: {single(a)}]
     3: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a
        freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"
        [syn: {freestanding}]
     4: not living together as man and wife; "decided to live
        apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are
        separated" [syn: {apart(p)}, {separated}]
     5: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
        individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy";
        "a single bed" [syn: {individual}, {single(a)}]
     6: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;
        "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
     7: have the connection undone; having become separate [syn: {disjoined}]
     n 1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
          larger publication [syn: {offprint}, {reprint}]
     2: a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in
        combinations with other garments
     v 1: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range
          divides the two countries" [syn: {divide}]
     2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
        children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: {disunite}, {divide},
         {part}]
     3: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
        [syn: {distinguish}, {differentiate}, {secern}, {secernate},
         {severalize}, {severalise}, {tell}, {tell apart}]
     4: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
        equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire
        after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split}, {split up}, {dissever},
         {carve up}] [ant: {unite}]
     5: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
        [syn: {divide}, {part}]
     6: divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat
        from the chaff"
     7: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
        classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
        [syn: {classify}, {class}, {sort}, {assort}, {sort out}]
     8: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine
        broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: {break},
         {split up}, {fall apart}, {come apart}]
     9: make a division or separation [syn: {divide}]
     10: 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" [syn: {part}, {split up}, {split}, {break},
          {break up}]
     11: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after
         the party" [syn: {part}, {split}]
     12: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn: {discriminate},
          {single out}]
     13: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The
         road forks" [syn: {branch}, {ramify}, {fork}, {furcate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0