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    • separate :act as a barrier between; stand between
      • The mountain range divides the two countries

    • separate :independent; not united or joint
      • a problem consisting of two separate issues|they went their separate ways|formed a separate church

    • separate :force, take, or pull apart
      • He separated the fighting children|Moses parted the Red Sea

    • separate :standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
      • a freestanding bell tower|a house with a separate garage

    • separate :mark as different
      • We distinguish several kinds of maple

    • separate :separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
      • separate but equal|girls and boys in separate classes

    • separate :separate into parts or portions
      • divide the cake into three equal parts|The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

    • separate :divide into components or constituents
      • Separate the wheat from the chaff

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