separated, spaced
(adjective) spaced apart
detached, separated
(adjective) no longer connected or joined; “a detached part”; “on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached”; “the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases”
disjointed, dislocated, separated
(adjective) separated at the joint; “a dislocated knee”; “a separated shoulder”
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
(adjective) being or feeling set or kept apart from others; “she felt detached from the group”; “could not remain the isolated figure he had been”- Sherwood Anderson; “thought of herself as alone and separated from the others”; “had a set-apart feeling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
separated
simple past tense and past participle of separate
separated (comparative more separated, superlative most separated)
Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
(of spouses) Estranged; living apart but not divorced.
• combined
• unified
• united
• asperated, date rapes, estrapade, paederast, pæderast
Source: Wiktionary
Sep"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated (; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] Etym: [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. Sever.]
1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. 9. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. viii. 35.
2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii. 2. Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.
Sep"a*rate, v. i.
Definition: To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
Sep"a*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. separatus, p. p. ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix. 26.
2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. Heb. vii. 26.
3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.
– Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.
– Sep"a*rate*ly, adv.
– Sep"a*rate*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
