separate

About 63.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

   Separate the articles from the headings.

2. verb To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
3. verb To cause (things or people) to be separate.

   If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.

4. verb To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

   The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.

5. verb To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Similar words

apart segregated isolable discrete abstracted detached removed disjoint disjunct disjoined

Often followed by

from the and them but property parts entity peace

Word family

Separate Separates separated separateness separatenesses separates separating