Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb separate
12 of 13 senses of separate
Sense 2
separate, disunite, divide, part
=> compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up
=> polarize, polarise
=> sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> disjoint, disarticulate
=> disconnect
=> cut
=> tear
=> gin
=> break
=> sever, break up
=> tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sense 3
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
=> know
=> discriminate, know apart
=> label
=> label
=> sex
=> individualize, individualise
=> contrast
=> severalize
=> contradistinguish
=> dissociate
=> demarcate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
=> stratify
Sense 4
divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
=> format, initialize, initialise
=> triangulate
=> break
=> unitize, unitise
=> lot
=> parcel
=> sliver, splinter
=> paragraph
=> canton
=> balkanize
Sense 5
separate, divide, part
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off come off break away break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off come away
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart
=> gerrymander
Sense 6
separate
=> decompose, break up break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> tease, card
=> winnow
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 7
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate
=> unitize, unitise
=> catalogue, catalog
=> refer
=> reclassify
=> size
=> dichotomize
=> pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
=> group
=> grade
=> count number
Sense 8
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> crush
Sense 9
separate, divide
=> partition, subdivide, zone
=> break
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up scatter
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off close off
Sense 10
separate, part split up split, break, break up
=> disunify, break apart
=> disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint
=> break with
=> divorce, split up
=> secede, splinter, break away
=> break, break away
Sense 11
separate, part split
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
=> break up
=> diffract
Sense 12
discriminate, separate, single out
=> isolate, insulate
=> segregate
=> redline
=> disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
Sense 13
branch, ramify, fork, separate
=> arborize, arborise
=> twig
=> bifurcate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb separate
12 of 13 senses of separate
Sense 2
separate, disunite, divide, part
=> compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up
=> polarize, polarise
=> sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> disjoint, disarticulate
=> disconnect
=> uncouple
=> detach
=> break, break off snap off
=> unbind
=> unhook
=> cut
=> manicure, trim
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> shave
=> fillet, filet
=> chisel
=> engrave, grave, inscribe
=> character
=> carve
=> hew, hew out
=> rough-hew, roughcast
=> sculpt, sculpture, grave
=> fret
=> honeycomb
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> axe, ax
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> hash
=> mince
=> fell, drop, strike down cut down
=> chop down
=> poleax, poleaxe
=> log lumber
=> cut
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> cut out
=> gouge out
=> die, die out
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> scythe
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> counter-drill
=> trepan
=> nip, nip off clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> vivisect
=> anatomize, anatomise
=> bisect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> undercut
=> undercut
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate, cut a rebate in
=> rusticate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> notch
=> score, nock, mark
=> scarify
=> scotch
=> scribe
=> line
=> hatch
=> crisscross
=> indent
=> recess
=> scratch, scrape, scratch up
=> claw
=> clapperclaw
=> scuff
=> groove
=> mill
=> slit
=> worry
=> girdle, deaden
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> whipsaw
=> sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> miter
=> cone
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
=> tear
=> cleave, split, rive
=> maul
=> gin
=> break
=> sever, break up
=> tear, rupture, snap, bust
=> lacerate
=> rend, rip, rive, pull
=> shred, tear up rip up
=> tease
Sense 3
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
=> know
=> discriminate, know apart
=> subtilize
=> label
=> label
=> sex
=> individualize, individualise
=> contrast
=> severalize
=> contradistinguish
=> dissociate
=> demarcate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
=> isolate, insulate
=> ghettoize, ghettoise
=> cloister
=> seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
=> quarantine
=> maroon
=> segregate
=> redline
=> disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
=> handicap, hinder, hamper
=> prejudice
=> stratify
Sense 4
divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
=> format, initialize, initialise
=> triangulate
=> break
=> unitize, unitise
=> lot
=> parcel
=> sliver, splinter
=> paragraph
=> canton
=> balkanize
Sense 5
separate, divide, part
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off come off break away break off
=> peel off peel, flake off flake
=> exfoliate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off come away
=> blow off
=> cut off chop off lop off
=> abscise
=> unsolder
=> fall off
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize
=> quarter
=> partition, partition off
=> pound, pound off
=> dismember, take apart
=> gerrymander
Sense 6
separate
=> decompose, break up break down
=> dissociate
=> crack
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> tease, card
=> winnow
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
=> wash
=> pan, pan out pan off
=> avulse
Sense 7
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate
=> unitize, unitise
=> catalogue, catalog
=> refer
=> reclassify
=> size
=> dichotomize
=> pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
=> group
=> regroup
=> bracket
=> collocate, lump, chunk
=> batch
=> grade
=> count number
Sense 8
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> blow
=> stave, stave in
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> shatter
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> atomize, atomise
=> grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
=> pulp
=> pestle
=> mill
=> pound
=> sunder
=> splinter, sliver
=> rag
=> crumb
=> brecciate
=> crush
=> bruise
=> grate, grind
=> gnash
=> chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
=> chomp, champ
=> champ
=> mumble, gum
=> chaw
=> crunch, munch
=> gnaw
=> crush
Sense 9
separate, divide
=> partition, subdivide, zone
=> screen off separate off
=> break
=> shatter
=> fracture
=> break in
=> stave in
=> smash, dash
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up scatter
=> disband
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off close off
=> curtain off
Sense 10
separate, part split up split, break, break up
=> disunify, break apart
=> disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint
=> break with
=> divorce, split up
=> secede, splinter, break away
=> break, break away
Sense 11
separate, part split
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
=> aerosolize
=> break
=> volley
=> break up
=> disband, dissolve
=> diffract
Sense 12
discriminate, separate, single out
=> isolate, insulate
=> ghettoize, ghettoise
=> cloister
=> seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
=> quarantine
=> maroon
=> segregate
=> redline
=> disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
=> handicap, hinder, hamper
=> prejudice
Sense 13
branch, ramify, fork, separate
=> arborize, arborise
=> twig
=> bifurcate
Entailment of verb separate
2 of 13 senses of separate
Sense 3
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
=> compare
Sense 7
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate
=> compare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb separate
13 senses of separate
Sense 1
separate, divide
Sense 2
separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move displace
Sense 3
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
=> identify, place
Sense 4
divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
=> change integrity
Sense 5
separate, divide, part
=> change
Sense 6
separate
=> change integrity
Sense 7
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate
=> categorize
Sense 8
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
Sense 9
separate, divide
Sense 10
separate, part split up split, break, break up
Sense 11
separate, part split
=> move
Sense 12
discriminate, separate, single out
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
Sense 13
branch, ramify, fork, separate
=> diverge
Familiarity of verb separate
separate used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 13)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb separate
Sense 1
separate, divide
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Sense 2
separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move displace
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Sense 3
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
=> identify, place
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Sense 4
divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
=> change integrity
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Sense 5
separate, divide, part
=> change
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Sense 6
separate
=> change integrity
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Sense 7
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate
=> categorize
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Sense 8
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
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Sense 9
separate, divide
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Sense 10
separate, part split up split, break, break up
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Sense 11
separate, part split
=> move
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Sense 12
discriminate, separate, single out
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart
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Sense 13
branch, ramify, fork, separate
=> diverge
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Overview of verb separate
The verb separate has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (19) separate, divide -- (act as a barrier between; stand between: "The mountain range divides the two countries")
2. (11) separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")
3. (7) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")
4. (6) divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")
5. (3) separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")
6. (3) separate -- (divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff")
7. (3) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")
8. (3) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
9. (2) separate, divide -- (make a division or separation)
10. (1) separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")
11. (1) separate, part split -- (go one's own away move apart; "The friends separated after the party")
12. discriminate, separate, single out -- (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
13. branch, ramify, fork, separate -- (divide into two or more branches; "The road forks")
Overview of adj separated
The adj separated has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling")
2. (4) separated, spaced -- (spaced apart)
3. (1) apart, separate, separated -- (not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated")
4. disjointed, dislocated, separated -- (separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder")
5. detached, separated -- (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases")
Antonyms of adj separated
5 senses of separated
Sense 1
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
INDIRECT (VIA separate) -> joint
Sense 2
separated, spaced
INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated
Sense 3
apart(prenominal), separate, separated
INDIRECT (VIA divided) -> united
Sense 4
disjointed, dislocated, separated
INDIRECT (VIA injured) -> uninjured
Sense 5
detached, separated
INDIRECT (VIA unconnected) -> connected
Similarity of adj separated
5 senses of separated
Sense 1
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
=> separate (vs. joint)
Sense 2
separated, spaced
=> distributed (vs. concentrated)
Sense 3
apart(prenominal), separate, separated
=> divided (vs. united)
Sense 4
disjointed, dislocated, separated
=> injured (vs. uninjured)
Sense 5
detached, separated
=> unconnected (vs. connected)
Attributes of adj separated
Familiarity of adj separated
separated used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5)
Grep of adj separated
separated
Overview of verb separate
The verb separate has 13 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (19) separate, divide -- (act as a barrier between; stand between: "The mountain range divides the two countries")
2. (11) separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")
3. (7) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")
4. (6) divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")
5. (3) separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")
6. (3) separate -- (divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff")
7. (3) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")
8. (3) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
9. (2) separate, divide -- (make a division or separation)
10. (1) separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")
11. (1) separate, part split -- (go one's own away move apart; "The friends separated after the party")
12. discriminate, separate, single out -- (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
13. branch, ramify, fork, separate -- (divide into two or more branches; "The road forks")
Overview of adj separated
The adj separated has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling")
2. (4) separated, spaced -- (spaced apart)
3. (1) apart, separate, separated -- (not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated")
4. disjointed, dislocated, separated -- (separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder")
5. detached, separated -- (no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases")
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