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separate
English
Etymology
Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“to separate”), from Latin s?- (“apart”) +? par? (“prepare”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English sc?adan (whence English shed).
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /?s?p??t/, /?s?p???t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?s?p??e?t/
- Hyphenation: sep?a?rate
Adjective
separate (not comparable)
- Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
- (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
Translations
Verb
separate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated)
- (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
- Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Synonyms
- (divide into separate parts): partition, split; see also Thesaurus:divide
- (disunite something from one thing): See also Thesaurus:disjoin
- (cause to be separate): split up, tear apart
- (divide itself): break down, come apart, disintegrate, fall apart
- (select from among others): earmark, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Antonyms
- annex
- combine
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
separate (plural separates)
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
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Usage notes
- The spelling is separate (-par-). seperate (-per-) is a common misspelling.
See also
- disunite
- disconnect
- divide
- split
- reduce
- subtract
Anagrams
- asperate
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
separate
- inflection of separat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Verb
separate
- second-person plural indicative present of separare
- second-person plural imperative of separare
Latin
Verb
s?par?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of s?par?
References
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- separate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
separate From the web:
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loosen
English
Etymology
From loose +? -en.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?lu?sn?/
Verb
loosen (third-person singular simple present loosens, present participle loosening, simple past and past participle loosened)
- (transitive) To make loose.
- Synonyms: ease, relax, untighten
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, London: William Lee, Century 5, p. 111,[1]
- […] after a yeares Rooting, then Shaking doth the Tree good, by Loosening of the Earth […]
- 1992, Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient, London: Picador, 1993, Chapter 10, p. 265,[2]
- His days at the villa had loosened his body and freed his tenseness […]
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, London: John Waterson, p. 108,[3]
- The subtile shower the earth hath softned so,
- And with the waues, the trees tost to and fro;
- That the rootes loosen, and the tops downe sway,
- So that whole Forrests quickly swimme away.
- 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son, London: J. Newbery, Volume 2, Letter 19, p. 159,[4]
- The sea scurvy is attended with an universal putrefaction, the teeth loosen, old wounds that had been healed again open […]
- 1940, Richard Wright, Native Son, London: Jonathan Cape, 1970, Book 3, p. 387,[5]
- Max caught Bigger’s shoulders in a tight grip; then his fingers loosened and he sank back to the cot […]
- 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, London: John Waterson, p. 108,[3]
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- Synonyms: undo, unfasten
- 1717, Joseph Addison (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, translated by the most eminent hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Book 3, p. 99,[6]
- At Liberty th’ unfetter’d Captive stands,
- And flings the loosen’d Shackles from his Hands.
- 1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk, London: J. Bell, Volume 3, Chapter 10, p. 167,[7]
- He easily comprehended, that the noise which he had heard was occasioned by his having loosened a chain which attached the image to its pedestal.
- 1994, J. M. Coetzee, The Master of Petersburg, New York: Viking, Chapter 6, p. 55,[8]
- Her hair is drawn back under a heavy enamelled clasp. He loosens the clasp and lays it on the table.
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
- 1770, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality, Dublin: for the author, Volume 5, p. 52,[9]
- Immediately my Shackles loosened and fell away of themselves […]
- 1770, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality, Dublin: for the author, Volume 5, p. 52,[9]
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- Synonyms: liberate, release, set free
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), De Arte Graphica by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, London: W. Rogers, p. 185,[10]
- This is an admirable Rule; a Painter ought to have it perpetually present in his Mind and Memory. […] it loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
- 1794, Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 145,[11]
- […] Valancourt, willing to take a more extensive view of the enchanting country, into which they were about to descend, than he could do from a carriage, loosened his dogs, and once more bounded with them along the banks of the road.
- 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Book 1, Chapter 8,[12]
- I thought you had more sense than […] to suppose that because you have fallen into a very common trouble, such as most men have to go through, you are loosened from all bonds of duty […]
- 1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book 2, Chapter 11,[13]
- The recollection loosened a throng of benumbed sensations—longings, regrets, imaginings, the throbbing brood of the only spring her heart had ever known.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, London: William Lee, Century 1, p. 14,[14]
- […] Feare looseneth the Belly; because the Heat retiring inwards towards the Heart, the Gutts and other Parts are relaxed;
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: E. Dod, Book 2, Chapter 3, p. 73,[15]
- […] omitting the vehicle of water and honey, which is of a laxative power it selfe, the powder of some Loadstones in this dose doth rather constipate and binde, then purge and loosen the belly.
- 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, London: James Knapton, Volume 1, Chapter 8, p. 222,[16]
- When this Fruit [the guava] is eaten green it is binding, when ripe it is loosening.
- 1974, Richard Adams, Shardik, London: Oneworld, 2014, Chapter 36,[17]
- Trying to control his breathing and the loosening of his bowels, he crouched still lower […]
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, London: William Lee, Century 1, p. 14,[14]
- (transitive, obsolete) To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 1,[18]
- I had rather lose the battle than that sister
- Should loosen him and me.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 1,[18]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To sail away (from the shore).
- Synonym: put out
- 1565, Arthur Golding (translator), The Eyght Bookes of Caius Iulius Cæsar conteyning his martiall exploytes in the realme of Gallia and the countries bording vppon the same, London: William Seres, Book 4,[19]
- […] after the .iiii. day of oure arryuall in Britayne, the eightene shyps that we spake of before, which hadde the horsemen to conuey ouer, loosened from the further hauen with a soft wynd.
Antonyms
- tighten
Derived terms
- loosener
- loosen someone's tongue
- loosen the apron strings
- loosen the purse strings
- loosen up
- reloosen
Related terms
- loose
- unloosen
Translations
See also
- lose
Anagrams
- no-lose
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