What does SEPARATE mean?

verb

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. divide into components or constituents“Separate the wheat from the chaff”
6. arrange or order by classes or categories“How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
7. make a division or separation
8. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways“The business partners broke over a tax question”