separate

independent; not united or joint

“a problem consisting of two separate issues”

“they went their separate ways”

“formed a separate church”

standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

“a freestanding bell tower”

“a house with a separate garage”

separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

“separate but equal”

“girls and boys in separate classes”

have the connection undone; having become separate

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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

act as a barrier between; stand between

“The mountain range divides the two countries”

force, take, or pull apart

“He separated the fighting children”

“Moses parted the Red Sea”

mark as different

“We distinguish several kinds of maple”

separate into parts or portions

“divide the cake into three equal parts”

“The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”

divide into components or constituents

“Separate the wheat from the chaff”

arrange or order by classes or categories

“How would you classify these pottery shards — are they prehistoric?”