Definition of Separate off

1. Verb. Partition by means of a divider, such as a screen. "Screen off this part of the room"

Exact synonyms: Screen Off
Generic synonyms: Partition, Zone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Separate Off

sepaloid
sepalous
sepals
separabilities
separability
separable
separable affix
separable affixes
separable verb
separable verbs
separableness
separablenesses
separably
separata
separate
separate off (current term)
separate out
separate peace
separate peaces
separate the wheat from the chaff
separated
separately
separateness
separatenesses
separates
separateth
separatical
separating
separating funnel
separating funnels

Literary usage of Separate off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Land Systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"We may also separate off the districts ' Scheduled ' under Act XIV of 1874. These are—(1) Jhansi Division districts—Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Jalaun ; (2) the ..."

2. The Land-systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"We may also separate off the districts ' Scheduled ' under Act XIV of 1874. These are—(1) Jhansi Division districts—Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Jalaun ; (2) the ..."

3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"separate off, break off, cut off, tear off, or otherwise remove a piece (ace.), portion, fragment, or section from the whole (used of things of a '.so/if' ..."

4. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"separate off, break off, cut off, tear off, or otherwise remove a piece (ace.), portion, fragment, or section from the whole (used of things of a 'soft' ..."

5. The Control of Life by John Arthur Thomson (1921)
"It is unnecessary to linger any longer over preliminaries, provided it be clear that it is only for purposes of convenience that we can separate off ..."

6. A Course of Elementary Practical Bacteriology: Including Bacteriological by Alfredo Antunes Kanthack, John Hannah Drysdale (1896)
"(20) separate off the alcohol and dry as «bore. ... (28) separate off the alcohol, and dry as above. ..."

7. The Conquest of Cancer: A Plan of Campaign, Being an Account of the by Caleb Williams Saleeby (1907)
"By the first few cleavages of the egg, usually the first three to five, she can separate off portions as cells, endowed solely with the powers of producing ..."

8. The Cambrian (1892)
"It is as great a mistake, on the other hand, for the theologian to separate off the ship from the passengers as for the naturalist to separate off the ..."

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