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21separate — 1. adjective /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹət,ˈsɛpəɹeɪt/ a) Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces. b) Not together (with); not united ( …
22separate — sep•a•rate v. [[t]ˈsɛp əˌreɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] ər ɪt[/t]] v. rat•ed, rat•ing, adj. n. 1) to keep apart; divide 2) to bring or force apart: to separate two fighting boys[/ex] 3) to disconnect; dissociate: to separate church and state[/ex] 4) to… …
23separate, divide — To separate is to set apart, to keep apart, to distinguish, to differentiate between, to detach : Please separate the white shirts from the colored ones. When did you and your partner separate? The candidate proposed that New York City separate… …
24separate — 1. adjective 1) his personal life was separate from his job Syn: unconnected, unrelated, different, distinct, discrete; detached, divorced, disconnected, independent, autonomous Ant: linked, interdependent 2) …
25separate — v 1. part, divide, space, interspace, space out, set at intervals, set or keep apart; disentangle, pull apart, disconnect, disengage, disarticulate, uncouple, unyoke, disunite; intersect, bisect. 2. come between, intervene, interfere, interlope,… …
26separate — Synonyms and related words: aberrate, abrupt, aggravate, agree to differ, agree to disagree, alien, alienate, alienated, alone, aloof, analyze, anatomize, apart, assay, assort, assorted, asunder, at odds, at variance, atomize, autarchic, autarkic …
27separate — 1. adjective 1) his personal life was separate from his job Syn: unconnected, unrelated, different, distinct, discrete, detached, divorced, disconnected, independent 2) the infirmary was separate from the school Syn …
28separate — I Verb: To divide; to disunite. To place in different places; to keep apart. II Adjective: Divided; distributed. Merrill v Pepperdine, 9 Ind App 416, 36 NE 921. Disconnected; independent; not a part of something else; distinct. See joint …
29keep apart — verb set apart from others The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on • Syn: ↑sequester, ↑sequestrate, ↑set apart, ↑isolate • Hypernyms: ↑separate, ↑disunite, ↑ …
30To keep a stiff upper lip — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… …
