separate

sense 1: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"
separate divide

sense 2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
separate disunite divide part

sense 3: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
distinguish separate differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell_apart

sense 4: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
divide split split_up separate dissever carve_up

sense 5: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
separate divide part

sense 6: divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
separate

sense 7: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
classify class sort assort sort_out separate

sense 8: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
break separate split_up fall_apart come_apart

sense 9: make a division or separation
separate divide

sense 10: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
separate part split_up split break break_up

sense 11: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
separate part split

sense 12: treat differently on the basis of sex or race
discriminate separate single_out

sense 13: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
branch ramify fork furcate separate