1. Partager. Séparer une salle par un paravent.
2. Trier.
3. Dissocier. Séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie.
4. Éloigner. Séparer des combattants.
5. Diviser. Séparer des problèmes en facteurs simples.
6. (Pron.) Se quitter. Se séparer bons amis.
ETYM Latin abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw.
1. To remove a part from a whole.
2. To consider apart from a particular case or instance.
3. To consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically.
4. To give an abstract or summary of.
To uncouple.
To eliminate the interrelationship of; separate
Separate; disconnect one thing from another; uncouple the coupling of one circuit or part to another (Electronics); absorb the shock of an explosion; decrease airborne shockwaves from an explosion by detonating the explosion underground
1. To cause to become detached or separated; take off.
2. To come to be detached; SYN. come off, come away.
3. To military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment.
1. To become disconnected or disjoint; SYN. disjoint.
2. To make disjoint; SYN. disjoint.
1. To perform a division; SYN. fraction.
2. To separate into parts or portions; SYN. split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up.
To separate by race or religion
1. To make a division or separation; SYN. divide.
2. To act as a barrier between; stand between:; SYN. divide.
3. To come apart; SYN. divide, part.
4. To divide into components or constituents
5. To discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; SYN. part, split up, split, break, break up.
6. To force, take, or pull apart; SYN. disunite, divide, part.
7. To go one's own away; move apart; SYN. part, split.
1. To cut off from a whole; SYN. lop.
2. To set or keep apart; SYN. break up.
ETYM Latin segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. Related to Gregarious.
1. Separated.
2. Separated from others of the same kind.