1. • noun - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
   • noun - a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
   • verb - act as a barrier between
   • verb - force, take, or pull apart
   • verb - mark as different
   • verb - separate into parts or portions
   • verb - divide into components or constituents
   • verb - arrange or order by classes or categories
   • verb - make a division or separation
   • verb - discontinue an association or relation
   • verb - go one's own way
   • verb - become separated into pieces or fragments
   • verb - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
   • verb - come apart
   • verb - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   • adj - independent
   • adj - standing apart
   • adj - separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
   • adj - have the connection undone
2. • To set or keep apart; disunite.
   • To space apart; scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.
   • To sort: separate mail by postal zones.
   • To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.
   • To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.
   • To part (a couple), often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year.
   • To terminate a contractual relationship, as military service, with; discharge.
   • To come apart.
   • To withdraw: The state threatened to separate from the Union.
   • To part company; disperse.
   • To stop living together as spouses.
   • To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.
   • Set or kept apart; disunited.
   • Existing as an independent entity.
   • Often Separate.
   • Dissimilar from all others; distinct: “a policeman’s way of being separate from you even when he was being nice” (John le Carré).
   • Not shared; individual: two people who held separate views on the issue.
   • Withdrawn from others; solitary.
3. • v - to set or keep apart

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