'Separating' definitions:
Definition of 'Separating'
From: GCIDE
- Separate \Sep"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- From the fine gold I separate the alloy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. --Gen. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? --Rom. viii. 35. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. [1913 Webster]
- Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. --Acts xiii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Separating'
From: GCIDE
- Separating \Sep"a*ra`ting\, a. Designed or employed to separate. [1913 Webster]
- Separating funnel (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Separating'
- Separability,
- Separable,
- Separableness,
- Separably,
- Separate,
- Separated,
- Separately,
- Separateness,
- Separation,
- Separative,
- Separator,
- separate off,
- separate out,
- Judicial separation,
- Separate estate,
- Separate maintenance,
- Separated flowers,
- Separating funnel,
- grade separation,
- legal separation,
- separation energy,
- water of separation,
- disjointed dislocated separated,
- The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order