[verb] separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" Synonyms: divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up
[verb] come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" Synonyms: divide, part
[verb] divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
[verb] arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards Synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
[verb] become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" Synonyms: break, split up, fall apart, come apart
[verb] make a division or separation Synonyms: divide
[verb] 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" Synonyms: part, split up, split, break, break up
[verb] go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" Synonyms: part, split
[verb] divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" Synonyms: branch, ramify, fork, furcate
[adjective] independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
[adjective] individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch to the earth"; "a gift for every single child" Synonyms: single
[adjective] standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" Synonyms: freestanding
[adjective] not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated" Synonyms: apart
[adjective] characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" Synonyms: individual, single
[adjective] separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
[adjective] have the connection undone; having become separate Synonyms: disjoined