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sep·a·rate

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 \\ˈse-p(ə-)ˌrāt\\ verb
(-rat·ed ; -rat·ing)transitive verb
1.
  a. to set or keep apart : 

disconnect

, 

sever

  b. to make a distinction between : 

discriminate

, 

distinguish

      separate religion from magic
  c. 
      separate mail
  d. to disperse in space or time : 

scatter

      widely separated homesteads
2. archaic : to set aside for a special purpose : , 
3. to part by a legal separation:
  a. to sever conjugal ties with
  b. to sever contractual relations with : 

discharge

      was separated from the army
4. to block off : 

segregate

5.
  a. to isolate from a mixture : 

extract

      separate cream from milk
  b. to divide into constituent parts
6. to dislocate (as a shoulder) especially in sports
intransitive verb
1. to become divided or detached
2.
  a. to sever an association : 

withdraw

  b. to cease to live together as a married couple
3. to go in different directions
4. to become isolated from a mixture
    the crystals separated out
Synonyms.
  , , , , ,  mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed.  may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing
      separated her personal life from her career
   implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association
      vowed never to part
   implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking
      civil war divided the nation
   implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member
      a severed limb
   suggests violent rending or wrenching apart
      a city sundered by racial conflict
   implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together
      cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility

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 \\ˈse-p(ə-)rət\\ adjective1.
  a. set or kept apart : 

detached

  b. archaic : , 
  c. 

immaterial

, disembodied
2.
  a. not shared with another : 

individual

      separate rooms
  b. often capitalized : estranged from a parent body
      separate churches
3.
  a. existing by itself : 

autonomous

      a separate country
  b. dissimilar in nature or identity
      consulted five separate authorities
Synonyms: see 
• sep·a·rate·ly  \\-p(ə-)rət-lē, ˈse-pərt-lē\\ adverb
• sep·a·rate·ness  \\-nəs\\ noun

III

 \\ˈse-p(ə-)rət\\ noun1. 
2. an article of dress designed to be worn interchangeably with others to form various costume combinations — usually used in plural

separate
  separate (v.)
  late 14c., from L. separatus, pp. of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. The adj. meaning "detached, kept apart" is first recorded c.1600, from the pp. used as an adjective. Separate but equal in ref. to U.S. segregation policies on railroads is attested from 1890. Separate development, official name of apartheid in South Africa, is from 1955.

☞ separate
sep·ar·ateadjective/ 5seprEt /
1. ~ (from sth / sb) forming a unit by itself; not joined to sth else
   单独的；独立的；分开的:
   separate bedrooms
   独立卧室
   Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
   生肉和熟肉必须分开存放。
   The school is housed in two separate buildings.
   学校设在两栋独立的楼房内。
2. [usually before noun] different; not connected
   不同的；不相关的:
   It happened on three separate occasions.
   这事在三个不同的场合发生过。
   For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
   三年来,他们完全是各过各的生活。
• sep·ar·ate·ness noun [U, sing.] :
   Japan's long-standing sense of separateness and uniqueness
   日本那种由来已久的自成一体、孑然独立的意识
 IDIOMS 
▪ go your separate 'ways
1. to end a relationship with sb
   断绝往来；分道扬镳
2. to go in a different direction from sb you have been travelling with
   分路而行；分手
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 n.verb/ 5sepEreit /
1. ~ (sth) (from / and sth) to divide into different parts or groups; to divide things into different parts or groups
   (使)分开,分离；分割；划分:
  ▪ [V]
   Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate.
   不停地搅动沙司,免得出现分层。
  ▪ [VN]
   It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.
   信仰和感情是分不开的。
   Separate the eggs (= separate the 

yolk

 from the white).
   把蛋黄和蛋清分开。
   Make a list of points and separate them into 'desirable' and 'essential'.
   列出各点,把它们分成"可取的"和"绝对必要的"两类。
2. ~ sb / sth (from / and sb / sth) to move apart; to make people or things move apart
   (使)分离,分散:
  ▪ [V]
   We separated into several different search parties.
   我们分成几个搜索小组。
   South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
   2 亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。
   South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
   南美洲和非洲于 2 亿年前分离。
  ▪ [VN]
   Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
   警察力图把两个打架的人分开。
   The war separated many families.
   这场战争使许多家庭离散。
   Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.
   传染病患者同其他病人隔离开来。
3. [VN] ~ sb (from / and sb) to be between two people, areas, countries, etc. so that they are not touching or connected
   隔开；阻隔:
   A thousand kilometres separates the two cities.
   两座城市相隔一千公里。
   A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.
   我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。
4. [V] ~ (from sb) to stop living together as a couple with your husband, wife or partner
   分居:
   He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.
   他和妻子在结婚 20 年后分居了。
   They separated last year.
   他们于去年分居了。
5. [VN] ~ sb / sth (from sb / sth) to make sb / sth different in some way from sb / sth else
   区分；区别
   SYN  

divide

 :
   Politics is the only thing that separates us (= that we disagree about).
   我们之间唯一的分歧是政治观点。
   The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants (= they gave them equal scores).
   裁判无法把两位参赛者分出高下。
   Only four points separate the top three teams.
   领先的三队只相差四分。
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 n., 

sheep

 , 

wheat

 PHRASAL VERBS 
▪ 7separate 'out | 7separate sth ↔ 'out
   to divide into different parts; to divide sth into different parts
   使某物分开；划分:
   to separate out different meanings
   区分出不同的意思

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sep·a·rate
I. \ˈsepəˌrāt also -eˌprāt; usu -ād+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English separaten, from Latin separatus, past participle of separare, from sed-, se- apart (from sed, se without) + parare to prepare, procure — more at , 
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to set or keep apart : 
  < two longitudinal valleys separate the mountains into three high ranges — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington >
  < a pull on the tab … separates seal just below cap — Modern Packaging >
  < separate the white from the yolk of an egg >
 b. : to make a distinction between : , 
  < how difficult it is to separate religion from magic in the beliefs … of savages — W.R.Inge >
  < there is usually not much difficulty in separate a butterfly from a moth — A.D.Imms >
 c. : 
  < separate mail >
  < separate cards into suits >
  < parcels fly … as clerks separate them by regions and states — A.C.Fisher >
 d. : to disperse in space or time : 
  < theaters in Canada are so widely separated that the costs of travelling are prohibitive — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development >
 e. slang : to cause to divest oneself :  — used with from
  < tricks for separating country bumpkins from their bankrolls >
  < separate them from … money to back ventures that never were produced — E.D.Radin >
2. archaic : to set aside for a special purpose : , 
 < came into existence with the sense of being a “separated” nation, which God was using to make a new beginning for mankind — Reinhold Niebuhr >
3. : to part by or as if by a legal separation
 a. : sever conjugal ties with : cause to live apart
  < payments made to a divorced or legally separated wife — W.C.Warren&S.S.Surrey >
 b. : to sever contractual relations with : 
  < he was separated from the service with the rank of captain — E.J.Kahn >
  < more than 100 employees have been separated from the firm in the past six months >
  < any student who does not remove his probationary status … may be separated from the institution — Bulletin of Meharry Medical College >
4. : to block off : , 
 < a … rood screen separates the nave from the chancel — American Guide Series: New York >
 < the rural worker … is not separated from the landed aristocracy by racial difference — P.E.James >
5.
 a. : to isolate from a mixture : single out : 
  < separate cream from milk by putting it through a separator >
  < separate gold from an alloy >
  — often used with out
  < by whatever method the smaller organisms are separated out — R.E.Coker >
  < static episodes … separated out of a larger and more complex historical situation — M.D.Geismar >
 b. archaic : to give off : 
  < glands, which separate a substance that has the smell of musk — Jedidiah Morse >
intransitive verb
1. : to become divided
 < the airflow over the trailing edge of the flap has begun to separate — Skyways >
 < the Uralian languages … separate into three branches — W.K.Matthews >
2.
 a. : to sever an association : become estranged : 
  < Puritans … unwilling to separate from the Established Church — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
 b. : to cease to live together as man and wife
  < after two stormy years of married life the couple separated by mutual consent >
3. : to go in different directions : part company : 
 < after dinner we separated, the women to the library — Lucien Price >
 < thought the House would like to know, before it separated — Sir Winston Churchill >
4. : to become isolated from a mixture
 < oil … separates readily from water — B.G.A.Skrotzki & W.A.Vopat >
Synonyms:
 , , , , , and  can all mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjoined.  implies a putting or keeping apart
  < separate the sheep from the goats >
  < the political boundary separating this country from Mexico — R.S.Thoman >
  < the ten centuries which separated the reign of Charlemagne and the reign of Napoleon — T.B.Macaulay >
  or a scattering or dispersion of units
  < the war separated many families >
  or a removal of one thing from another
  < separate a troublesome boy from a group >
   suggests the separation, often complete, of two persons or things in close union or association, or of two parts of one thing
  < the two friends did not part until they had reached the station >
  < a man and wife parted only by death >
  < the cable parted under the strain >
   commonly stresses the idea of parts, groups, or sections resulting from cutting, breaking, partitioning, or branching
  < divide a cake into two pieces >
  < the land is divided by natural boundaries such as streams >
  < the auditorium proper divided into a pit, one or more galleries — C.F.Wittke >
  It can also be used in the sense of , especially when mutual antagonism or wide separation is suggested
  < the war divided many families >
  < no religious difference arose to divide the old inhabitants from the English — G.M.Trevelyan >
  < the suspicion which the Citizens' Committee predicted would divide neighbor from neighbor — David Clinton >
   often adds the idea of violence, suggesting forced separation, especially of part from whole or of persons joined in affection, close association, and so on
  < with one stroke he severed the head from the body >
  < man's ancestors later became severed from this separate line of evolution — R.W.Murray >
  < an immense peninsula slightly severed from the main mass — Forrest Morgan >
  < severs relations with a hostile nation >
  < severed friend from friend >
   implies a violent rending or wrenching apart
  < the sundered atom — M.C.Faught >
  < the dearest ties of friendship and of blood were sundered — T.B.Macaulay >
  , in implying the legal dissolution of a marriage, usually suggests the separation of things so closely associated that they interact, are often regarded as inseparable, or commonly work, often work best, only in union
  < an institution concerned with general education … divorced from research and education for the professions is admittedly not a university but a college — J.B.Conant >
  < form in art divorced from matter >
  < divorce the worker's income from any dependence on the efforts he makes — Time >
  < his gaiety was as divorced from scorn or cynicism as it was wedded to melancholy — John Mason Brown >
II. \ˈsep(ə)rə̇]t sometimes -pər]t; usu ]d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin separatus, past participle of separare to separate
1.
 a. archaic : characterized by segregation from other people : , 
  < the tendency of prolonged separate confinement is to affect the mind — Edinburgh Review >
  < the plan of my bungalow, with all convenience for being separate and sulky when I please — Sir Walter Scott >
 b. : having an incorporeal existence : , 
  < being … is now seen as the nature which constitutes separate entity — Alan Gewirth >
 c. : set or kept apart : standing alone : , 
  < the more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates — T.S.Eliot >
  < ceremonial chambers … were built as separate units in the central courtyards — American Guide Series: Arizona >
2.
 a. : not shared with another : , 
  < group consciousness … makes the individual think lightly of his own separate interests — M.R.Cohen >
  < the world's largest city deserves separate consideration — L.D.Stamp >
 b. often capitalized : estranged from a parent body
  < there were 90 Separate churches, with 6,490 members — F.S.Mead >
3.
 a. : existing by itself : , 
  < the partitioning of India created two separate jute economies — F.F.George >
  < reorganization of schools into separate primary and postprimary units — H.C.Dent >
 b. : dissimilar in nature or identity : , 
  < my most recent works, in their separate ways, embody this tendency — Aaron Copland >
  < the full bibliography … lists 2204 separate publications — Geographical Journal >
  < built-in facilities … permit cooking in seven separate ways without the use of additional utensils — Report of General Motors Corp. >
Synonyms: see , 
III. noun
(-s)
1. usually capitalized :  a; especially : 
2. : 
 < sent out separates and reprints of his major monographs — J.C.Burnham >
3. : a group of soil particles of a definite size or grade obtained in separation (as in mechanical analysis)
4. separates plural : articles of dress designed to be worn interchangeably with others to form various costume combinations
IV. transitive verb
:  1a

 < separated his left shoulder >