separate
act as a barrier between; stand between
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,850 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,788 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- act as a barrier between; stand between also: divide The mountain range divides the two countries
- force, take, or pull apart also: disunite, divide, part He separated the fighting childrenMoses parted the Red Sea
- mark as different also: distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise We distinguish several kinds of maple
- separate into parts or portions also: divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up divide the cake into three equal partsThe British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- divide into components or constituents Separate the wheat from the chaff
- arrange or order by classes or categories also: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
separate in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Of course not, because each separate case should decide itself.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Besides, don’t you know that father has fully resolved to separate himself from Maxence?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Let me ask frankly, sir, if it must separate me from one who has honoured me with her consideration and affection?
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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To prevent which, I fell to making boxes and bags, in order to separate it, having by me near 150lb. weight.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Yet the poor little fellow did not separate from the girl without a strong manifestation of the affection he bore her.
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works · William Carleton · Chapter 1