Thesaurus: separating

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Separate
2. a. Designed or employed to separate.
3. Designed or employed to separate. Separating funnel (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
4. Designed or employed to separate. Separating funnel (Chem.), afunnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separatedrawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
5. j:100 v act as a barrier between; stand between v force, take, or pull apart v mark as different v separate into parts or portions v divide into components or constituents v arrange or order by classes or categories v make a division or separation v discontinue an association or relation; go different ways v go one's own way; move apart v become separated into pieces or fragments v treat differently on the basis of sex or race v come apart v divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork