n. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

n. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

v. go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

v. make a division or separation

v. discontinue 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"

v. separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

v. act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

adj. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. have the connection undone; having become separate

adj. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

adj. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

adj. not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"