separate

act as a barrier between; stand between

• “The mountain range divides the two countries”

force, take, or pull apart

• “He separated the fighting children”
• “Moses parted the Red Sea”

mark as different

• “We distinguish several kinds of maple”

separate into parts or portions

• “divide the cake into three equal parts”
• “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”

come apart

• “The two pieces that we had glued separated”

divide into components or constituents

• “Separate the wheat from the chaff”

arrange or order by classes or categories

• “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”

become separated into pieces or fragments

• “The figurine broke”
• “The freshly baked loaf fell apart”

make a division or separation

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”

go one''s own away; move apart

• “The friends separated after the party”

treat differently on the basis of sex or race

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• “The road forks”

independent; not united or joint

• “a problem consisting of two separate issues”
• “they went their separate ways”
• “formed a separate church”

individual and distinct

• “pegged down each separate branch to the earth”
• “a gift for every single child”

standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• “a freestanding bell tower”
• “a house with a separate garage”

not living together as man and wife

• “decided to live apart”
• “maintaining separate households”
• “they are separated”

characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

• “an individual serving”
• “separate rooms”
• “single occupancy”
• “a single bed”

separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• “separate but equal”
• “girls and boys in separate classes”

have the connection undone; having become separate

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments