separate

1.a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

2.a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

3.independent; not united or joint;

a problem consisting of two separate issues

4.individual and distinct;

pegged down each separate branch to the earth

5.standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything;

a freestanding bell tower

6.not living together as man and wife;

decided to live apart

7.characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

an individual serving

8.separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;

separate but equal

9.have the connection undone; having become separate

1.act as a barrier between; stand between;

The mountain range divides the two countries

2.force, take, or pull apart;

He separated the fighting children

3.mark as different;

We distinguish several kinds of maple

4.separate into parts or portions;

divide the cake into three equal parts

5.come apart;

The two pieces that we had glued separated

6.divide into components or constituents;

Separate the wheat from the chaff

7.arrange or order by classes or categories;

How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

8.become separated into pieces or fragments;

The figurine broke

9.make a division or separation

10. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

The business partners broke over a tax question

11. go one's own away; move apart;

The friends separated after the party

12. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

13. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

The road forks