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    [Verb]  | "sep*a*rate" | \ ˈse-pə-ˌrāt \


    1: to set or keep apart : disconnect, sever

    2: to make a distinction between : discriminate, distinguish

    3: sort

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin separatus, past participle of separare, from se- apart + parare to prepare, procure {mat|secede|}, {mat|pare|};

    [Adjective]  | "sep*a*rate" | \ ˈse-p(ə-)rət \


    1: set or kept apart : detached

    2: solitary, secluded

    3: immaterial, disembodied

    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: {separate:1 };

    [Noun]  | "sep*a*rate" | \ ˈse-p(ə-)rət \


    1: offprint

    2: an article of dress designed to be worn interchangeably with others to form various costume combinations —usually used in plural

    Origin: 1886 ;

     See: {separate:1 };

    [Phrasal verb]  | "separate off" 


    1: to cause (someone or something) to be separate from other people or things

    [Phrasal verb]  | "separate out" 


    1: to remove (someone or something) from a group

    [Idiom]  | "separate the men from the boys" 


    1: to show which people are really strong, brave, etc., and which are not

    [Idiom]  | "separate the sheep from the goats" 


    1: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

    [Idiom]  | "separate the wheat from the chaff" 


    1: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

    [Idiom]  | "go separate ways" 


    1: to end a relationship

    2: to go in different directions after being together

    [Idiom]  | "under separate cover" 


    1: in a separate envelope

    [Adjective]  | "separate" 


    1: not the same or shared;


      * e.g., " ... we stayed in separate apartments on our vacation "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  same




    2: not physically attached to another unit;


      * e.g., " ... the housing development has 200 separate homes, each with its own enclosed yard "




    3: not being under the rule or control of another;


      * e.g., " ... the former Soviet republic is now a separate country "




    [Verb]  | "separate" 


    1: to set or force apart;


      * e.g., " ... we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight "




    2: to go or move in different directions from a central point;


      * e.g., " ... the searchers separated in order to cover more ground "




    3: to arrange or assign according to type;


      * e.g., " ... separate the students by reading ability "




    [Verb]  | "separate (from)" 


     [ "SEPARATE" ]

    1: Apart, not together, divided - often mispelt 'seperate'

      * e.g.,  ... Did you hear about the surgeon who successfully separated a siamese cat? 

     [ "SEPARATE" ]

    2: YES! SEPERATE is a mispelling of SEPARATE!?!

     [ "separation" ]

    1: The breath-taking event that occurs on the chest of a woman when wearing a tightened seatbelt. Usually enhanced by a tight-fitting shirt and large breasts.

      * e.g.,  ... That hottie in the Infiniti has great separation (dot com). 

     [ "Separated" ]

    1: The pergatory between marriage and divorce, distinguished by an abundance of revenge sex.

      * e.g.,  ... Being separated is like being sleep-deprived, but with boners. 

     [ "Separator" ]

    1: A person who separates you from your money.

      * e.g.,  ... I thought she loved me, but she was just a separator. Now she's gone and so is half of my 401K. 

     [ "Separator" ]

    2: Usually a con(fidence) man or other slickster.

     [ "Separated" ]

    1: The pergatory between marriage and divorce, distinguished by an abundance of revenge sex.

      * e.g.,  ... Being separated is like being sleep-deprived, but with boners. 

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    1: When two people in the entertainment industry are together however it is unacknowledged across all official channels; though unofficially it is cannon within the fandom.

      * e.g.,  ... New 5H fan: Are Camila and Lauren together? 

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    2: Host: All the fellas want to know. Fellas I got you. Who is single and who is taken?

      * e.g.,  ... 5H fan since 2012: No. They are separately single. 

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    3: Lauren: SINGGLLEEE!!!

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    4: Camila: Really SINGLLEE!!

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    5: Lauren: Oh please don't make assumptions!

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    6: Camila: Please don't make assumptions. Very separately--

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    7: Lauren: Very separately single.

     [ "Separately Single" ]

    1: when a closeted lesbian that's in a relationship with another closeted lesbian and doesn't want to admit it even though they make it extremely obvious

      * e.g.,  ... Camila: I would like a vanilla ice cream 

     [ "Semi Separated" ]

    1: When your wife kicks you out the house but you still have to pay the bills, Semi Separated

      * e.g.,  ... Are you married ? I'm semi separated , kicked out but still paying bills semi separated is similar to separated 

     [ "A Separate Peace" ]

    1: A homoerotic book depicting sexually-frustrated young adolesents. Narrated by Gene Forrester, the paranoid gay emo kid.

      * e.g.,  ... A Separate Peace, aka literature porn 

     [ "A Separate Peace" ]

    2: Sparknote even says so.

      * e.g.,  ... "...and I lost part of myself to him then, and...this must have been my purpose from the first: to become part of Phineas." 

     [ "Separation Stall" ]

    1: In the men's bathroom, a urinal left empty between two men so as to prevent the increase of awkwardness

      * e.g.,  ... Steve - "You know what a separation stall is, right?" Rob - "Yeah. Why?" Steve - "Well, I was using a urinal with no one else in the bathroom when another man came in and used the stall right next to me. He totally forgot a separation stall" Rob - "Ouch." 

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