Noun:
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publicationa garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
Adjective:
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
Verb:
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?
make a division or separationdiscontinue 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
go one's own way; move apart;The friends separated after the party
become separated into pieces or fragments;The figurine broke
The freshly baked loaf fell apart
treat differently on the basis of sex or racecome apart;The two pieces that we had glued separated
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;The road forks
divide，separate，part，divorce这些动词都有“分开”之意。
divide指把一个整体按要求分成几个部分，暗示分配之意；也可指分开两个对立的事物。
separate指把两个人或物分开，着重从原属一个整体中移居一部分或把两者隔开。
part多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，往往暗示最后分离的意味。
divorce特指两个或更多的互为依赖的事物的分离，尤指婚姻的合法解体。
isolate，separate，segregate，insulate这些动词均有“分开、分离、隔离”之意。
isolate侧重指完全分离、隔开，也指人或物处于完全孤立的状态。
separate指一般意义上的分开或隔开。
segregate指把一群人或物从整体或主体中分离出来。
insulate指隔开、分离，尤指用某种东西阻挡从里面逃出或从外面进入的东西。作技术用词时，专指用某种绝缘体隔断通路。
15世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的separatus为separare的过去分词：se 分开） +parare (准备），意为分开准备。separate the sheep from the goats把好(人和坏人…separate out析出separate the men from the boys口选出强者[能人…under separate cover在另函内separate the wheat from the chaff分清良莠separate account专账separate contract分项合同separate charging分别加料,单独加料…separate school男女分校separate estate妻子的私有财产…separate compensation单独补偿soil separate土壤颗粒分组,土壤粒…separate lubrication分别润滑,局部润滑…separate exciter独立励磁机separate development分开发展; 分别发展…separate flat成套住房separate system分流制排水系统,雨水…separate compilation分别编译separate drive单独驱动,单独传动…separate heterodyne独立本机振荡外差法,…
近义词 fork叉part部分sort种类tell告诉sever切断split分裂break打碎class等级divide划分sunder分开ramify分枝secern区别branch分部divorce分离reprint再版split up分裂offprint选刊carve up瓜分classify分类dissever割裂sort out整理segregate分离isolate使孤立partition划分assort把…分类furcate叉形的break away消散distinct明显的detached超然的single out挑选fall apart崩溃tell apart辨别disunite使分离insulate使绝缘distinguish区别individual单独的discrete不连续的discriminate区分independent独立的dispersed被驱散的differentiate区分unattached无关系的break up结束，散会unconnected不连接的come apart瓦解 破碎part company断绝关系freestanding独立式的secede正式脱离或退出…disjoined动词disjoin的过去…反义词 unite联合joint联合的
形容词61%,动词37%,名词2%
The house is divided into two living units or residences, usually having separate entrances.房屋分为两个居住部分,一般具有各自的出口。用作动词Children suffer from divided loyalties when their parents separate.父母分居时孩子们会因不知对谁忠诚为好而感到痛苦。用作名词⎤