'Isolate' definitions:
Definition of 'isolate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
verb
Obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
verb
Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate]
verb
Separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
Definition of 'Isolate'
From: GCIDE
- Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[asl]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t`), n. Something that has been isolated; as, an isolate of a powerful antibiotic from a tropical plant; an isolate of tuberculosis bacillus from an infected patient. [PJC]
Definition of 'Isolate'
From: GCIDE
- Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the troublemakers in a classroom. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) To separate (a substance) from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as, to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate Eschericia coli from a patient's blood. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'isolate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- alienate,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- apart,
- avoid,
- ban,
- banish,
- bar,
- block off,
- bob,
- bolt,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- clip,
- cloister,
- close off,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- crop,
- cull,
- cull out,
- cut,
- cut adrift,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- debar,
- delete,
- depart,
- deport,
- detach,
- detached,
- disarticulate,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dock,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- enisle,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- estrange,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- exile,
- expel,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- ground,
- ignore,
- insulate,
- island,
- island-hop,
- isolated,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- knock off,
- lay aside,
- leave,
- lop,
- maroon,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- ostracize,
- pare,
- part,
- peel,
- pick out,
- prune,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- reject,
- remove,
- removed,
- riddle,
- root out,
- rope off,
- rule out,
- screen,
- seal off,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- send to Coventry,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sever,
- shave,
- shear,
- shun,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- sieve,
- sift,
- snub,
- sort out,
- split,
- spurn,
- stamp out,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- subtract,
- sunder,
- take off,
- take out,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- transport,
- truncate,
- unaccompanied,
- uncouple,
- unyoke,
- winnow,
- wipe out,
- withdraw