Quick definitions from Macmillan ( )

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Quick definitions from WordNet (separate)

▸ noun:  a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
▸ noun:  a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
▸ verb:  discontinue an association or relation; go different ways ("The couple separated after 25 years of marriage")
▸ verb:  act as a barrier between; stand between
▸ verb:  divide into components or constituents ("Separate the wheat from the chaff")
▸ verb:  force, take, or pull apart ("He separated the fighting children")
▸ verb:  come apart ("The two pieces that we had glued separated")
▸ verb:  go one's own away; move apart ("The friends separated after the party")
▸ verb:  make a division or separation
▸ verb:  treat differently on the basis of sex or race
▸ verb:  become separated into pieces or fragments
▸ verb:  mark as different
▸ verb:  separate into parts or portions
▸ verb:  divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
▸ verb:  arrange or order by classes or categories
▸ adjective:  separated according to race, sex, class, or religion ("Separate but equal")
▸ adjective:  independent; not united or joint ("A problem consisting of two separate issues")
▸ adjective:  individual and distinct ("Pegged down each separate branch to the earth")
▸ adjective:  characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing ("Separate rooms")
▸ adjective:  not living together as man and wife ("Maintaining separate households")
▸ adjective:  standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything ("A house with a separate garage")
▸ adjective:  have the connection undone; having become separate

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