article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"

compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"

polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

joint - separate (meat) at the joint

gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"

sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"

identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"

discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the difference

label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

sex - tell the sex (of young chickens)

individualise, individualize - make or mark aor treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"

contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"

severalise, severalize - distinguish or separate

contradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualities

decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"

demarcate - separate clearly and as if by boundaries

discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race

stratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"

change integrity - change in physical make-up

subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"

initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"

triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"

unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units

lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example

parcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"

sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters

paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"

canton - divide into cantons, of a country

Balkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"

polarise, polarize - become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation

calve, break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

break away, chip, chip off, come off, break off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint

come away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"

segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented"

reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"

section, segment - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

change integrity - change in physical make-up

decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

dialyse, dialyze - separate by dialysis

peptise, peptize - disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

macerate - separate into constituents by soaking

card, tease - separate the fibers of; "tease wool"

filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

extract - separate (a metal) from an ore

fractionate - obtain by a fractional process

fractionate - separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents

sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

avulse - separate by avulsion

unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"

catalogue, catalog - make a catalog of

isolate - separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them

refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"

reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"

size - sort according to size

dichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kinds

stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"

categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"

grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to

number, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

change integrity - change in physical make-up

burst, break open, split - break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"

puncture - be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"

bust, burst - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"

smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"

ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"

break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"

snap, crack - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope snapped"

fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

partition, zone - separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"

break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"

break up, dissipate, scatter, dispel, disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

rail off, rail - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"

detach - military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

close off, shut off - isolate or separate

give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe - terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"

disunify, break apart - break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"

disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"

break with - end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"

split up, divorce - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

secede, splinter, break away - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

break away, break - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

break up - come apart; "the group broke up"

diffract - undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"

isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

hive off - remove from a group and make separate; "The unit was hived off from its parent company"

segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

redline - discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood

disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour - put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"

branch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

arborise, arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"

twig - branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"

trifurcate - divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge"

diverge - move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

individual - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"

segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

other - not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

unshared - not shared

divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"

individual - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"

unshared - not shared

segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

unconnected - not joined or linked together