Segregating - English meaning

noun

A tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage.

Usage examples:

He has a closet full of designer suits

adjective

Secret; covert.

Usage examples:

A closet smoker

verb

Shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study.

Usage examples:

He was closeted with the king

verb

Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

Usage examples:

He detached the front lamp from its bracket

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is connected to

Usage examples:

Detach the lower half of the form and return it to the above address.

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is joined to

Usage examples:

Detach sth from sth detach the reply slip from this letter and return it to the above address.

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

noun

An instance of disconnecting or being disconnected.

Usage examples:

A disconnect message

verb

To break a connection that carries a substance or electricity, or to break such a connection used by someone or something

Usage examples:

He disconnected a gas line., carefully tip the grill on its back and disconnect the burner from the…

verb

(especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate.

Usage examples:

The word ‘spiritual’ has become for many dissociated from religion

verb

To consider as separate and not related

Usage examples:

Dissociate someone/something from someone/something i can't dissociate the man from his political o…

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

To separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way

Usage examples:

[ t ] divide the cake into six equal parts., [ i ] the votes divided equally for and against the pr…

noun

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.

Usage examples:

Her divorce from her first husband

verb

Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).

Usage examples:

She divorced him in 1965

noun

A divorced person.

verb

Deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege.

Usage examples:

The public were excluded from the board meeting

verb

To keep out or omit (something or someone)

Usage examples:

The advertised price excludes the sales tax., [ u ] her exclusion from the invitation list was a mi…

verb

To intentionally not include something

Usage examples:

Under the terms of the insurance policy, it is impossible to exclude liability for death or persona…

verb

Protect (something) by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat or the intrusion of sound.

Usage examples:

Insulate and draught-proof your home

verb

To use a material to cover or go around the surface of something in order to prevent heat, electricity, etc., from escaping or entering

Usage examples:

We’ve saved a lot on our heating bills by insulating the attic., as a member of a rich and powerful…

verb

To protect someone or something from something that might harm them or it

Usage examples:

Insulate sb/sth against/from sth firms producing basic necessities are better insulated from the ef…

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

Usage examples:

Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb

Place or set apart

noun

(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.

Usage examples:

The country's partition into separate states

verb

Divide into parts.

Usage examples:

An agreement was reached to partition the country

noun

The division of something into smaller parts, or something that divides a space

Usage examples:

[ u ] the partition of the building into separate apartments brought in enough income that she coul…

verb

Keep safe from harm or injury.

Usage examples:

He tried to protect kelly from the attack

verb

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

verb

To keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss

Usage examples:

He says he was protecting his home and family., a citizens’ group worked to protect forest areas.

noun

A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed.

Usage examples:

Horses entering the country must stay in quarantine longer

verb

A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.

Usage examples:

Many animals die in quarantine

noun

A period of time during which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread

Usage examples:

The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached this country., he was quarantin…

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset

noun

Another term for sequestrate.

Usage examples:

Their property was sequestered by parliament

verb

To keep the people on a jury (= group deciding a legal case) separate from everyone else, even from their families, while deciding a case

Usage examples:

The judge refused to have the jury sequestered.

verb

Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

The head was severed from the body

verb

Set or keep apart

noun

A broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles.

Usage examples:

Patrick whipped out his new shield and the shield defended against the blow.

verb

Protect from a danger, risk, or unpleasant experience.

Usage examples:

He pulled the cap lower to shield his eyes from the glare

verb

Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows