separate : Idioms & Phrases
Separate estate
(Law) , an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.
Webster 1913
Separate maintenance
(Law) , an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.
Webster 1913
separate off
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verb partition by means of a divider, such as a screen
screen off.
- screen off this part of the room
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separate out
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verb remove by passing through a filter
filter; filtrate; filter out; strain.
- filter out the impurities
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Separated flowers
(Bot.) , flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers.