separating

(verb) act as a barrier between; stand between. Synonyms: separate, divide. Example: "The mountain range divides the two countries."

(verb) force, take, or pull apart. Synonyms: separate, disunite, divide, part. Examples: "He separated the fighting children." "Moses parted the red sea."

(verb) mark as different. Synonyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart. Example: "We distinguish several kinds of maple."

(verb) separate into parts or portions. Synonyms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up. Examples: "Divide the cake into three equal parts." "The british carved up the ottoman empire after world war i."

(verb) divide into components or constituents. Synonyms: separate. Example: "Separate the wheat from the chaff."

(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories. Synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate. Example: "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?."

(verb) make a division or separation. Synonyms: separate, divide.

(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. Synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up. Examples: "The business partners broke over a tax question." "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage." "My friend and i split up."

(verb) go one's own way; move apart. Synonyms: separate, part, split. Example: "The friends separated after the party."

(verb) become separated into pieces or fragments. Synonyms: break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart. Examples: "The figurine broke." "The freshly baked loaf fell apart."

(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race. Synonyms: discriminate, separate, single out.

(verb) come apart. Synonyms: separate, divide, part. Example: "The two pieces that we had glued separated."

(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. Synonyms: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate. Example: "The road forks."