[ verb ]
■ arrange or order by classes or categories
e.g.)
・How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
→
assort
,
class
,
classify
,
separate
,
sort
,
sort out
[ verb ]
■ divide into components or constituents
e.g.)
・Separate the wheat from the chaff
→
separate
[ verb ]
■ force, take, or pull apart
e.g.)
・He separated the fighting children
・Moses parted the Red Sea
→
disunite
,
divide
,
part
,
separate
[ verb ]
■ give out as one's portion or share
→
apportion
,
deal
,
divvy up
,
portion out
,
share
[ verb ]
■ have, give, or receive a share of
e.g.)
・We shared the cake
→
partake
,
partake in
,
share
[ verb ]
■ use jointly or in common
→
share
[ verb ]
■ separate into parts or portions
e.g.)
・divide the cake into three equal parts
・The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
→
carve up
,
dissever
,
divide
,
separate
,
split
,
split up
[ verb ]
■ act as a barrier between
■ stand between
e.g.)
・The mountain range divides the two countries
→
divide
,
separate
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