Definition of Separated

Adjective: separated 'se-pu,rey-tid

Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
"thought of herself as alone and separated from the others";
- detached, isolated, set-apart
Having space between; apart rather close together or touching
- spaced
Separated at the joint
"a separated shoulder";
- disjointed, dislocated
No longer connected or joined
"the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases";
- detached

Verb: separate se-p(u-)rut

Act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range separates the two countries";
- divide
Force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children";
- disunite, divide, part
Mark as different
"We separate several kinds of maple";
- distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise [Brit], tell, tell apart
Separate into parts or portions
"separate the cake into three equal parts";
- divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up
Divide into components or constituents
"Separate the wheat from the chaff"
Arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you separate these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";
- classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
Make a division or separation
- divide
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage";
- part, split up, split, break, break up
Go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party";
- part, split
Become separated into pieces or fragments
"The figurine separated";
- break, split up, fall apart, come apart
Treat differently on the basis of factors such as sex, race, age, etc.
- discriminate, single out
Come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated";
- divide, part
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road separates";
- branch, ramify, fork, furcate