n.

1. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication;
   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;
   divide
   
   • The mountain range divides the two countries
2. force, take, or pull apart;
   disunite, divide, part
   
   • He separated the fighting children
   • Moses parted the Red Sea
3. mark as different;
   distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
   
   • We distinguish several kinds of maple
4. separate into parts or portions;
   divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up
   
   • divide the cake into three equal parts
   • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
5. come apart;
   divide, part
   
   • The two pieces that we had glued separated
6. divide into components or constituents
   
   • Separate the wheat from the chaff
7. arrange or order by classes or categories;
   classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
   
   • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
8. become separated into pieces or fragments;
   break, split up, fall apart, come apart
   
   • The figurine broke
   • The freshly baked loaf fell apart
9. make a division or separation;
   divide
10. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
    part, split up, split, break, break up
    
    • The business partners broke over a tax question
    • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
    • My friend and I split up
11. go one's own way; move apart;
    part, split
    
    • The friends separated after the party
12. treat differently on the basis of sex or race;
    discriminate, single out
13. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;
    branch, ramify, fork, furcate
    
    • The road forks

adj.

1. independent; not united or joint
   
   • a problem consisting of two separate issues
   • they went their separate ways
   • formed a separate church
2. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything;
   freestanding
   
   • a freestanding bell tower
   • a house with a separate garage
3. not living together as man and wife;
   apart(p), separated
   
   • decided to live apart
   • maintaining separate households
   • they are separated
4. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
   individual, single(a)
   
   • an individual serving
   • single occupancy
   • a single bed
5. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
   
   • separate but equal
   • girls and boys in separate classes
6. have the connection undone; having become separate;
   disjoined