1. [adjective] Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
2. [adjective] (followed by ?from?) Not together (with); not united (to).
3. [verb] (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
4. [verb] To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
5. [verb] (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
6. [verb] (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
7. [verb] (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
8. [noun] (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
9. [noun] A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.
10. [noun] A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.
11. [verb] Act as a barrier between; stand between; 'The mountain range divides the two countries'.
12. [verb] Force, take, or pull apart; 'He separated the fighting children'; 'Moses parted the Red Sea'.
13. [verb] Mark as different; 'We distinguish several kinds of maple'.
14. [verb] Separate into parts or portions; 'divide the cake into three equal parts'; 'The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I'.
15. [verb] Divide into components or constituents; 'Separate the wheat from the chaff'.
16. [verb] Arrange or order by classes or categories; 'How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?'.
17. [verb] Make a division or separation.
18. [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'.
19. [verb] Go one's own way; move apart; 'The friends separated after the party'.
20. [verb] Become separated into pieces or fragments; 'The figurine broke'; 'The freshly baked loaf fell apart'.
21. [verb] Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
22. [verb] Come apart; 'The two pieces that we had glued separated'.
23. [verb] Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; 'The road forks'.
24. [adjective] Independent; not united or joint; 'a problem consisting of two separate issues'; 'they went their separate ways'; 'formed a separate church'.
25. [adjective] Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; 'a freestanding bell tower'; 'a house with a separate garage'.
26. [adjective] Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; 'separate but equal'; 'girls and boys in separate classes'.
27. [adjective] Have the connection undone; having become separate.
