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Keep Apart

Definition: Keep Apart

Keep Apart

Verb

1. Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Keep Apart

Synonyms: isolate (v), sequester (v), sequestrate (v), set apart (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Keep Apart

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disjunction

Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Keep Apart

English words defined with "keep apart": break upsever. (references)

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Modern Translation: Keep Apart

Language Translations for "keep apart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

eristäytyä (keep aloof, keep oneself to oneself). (various references)

   

German

  

auseinanderhalten (distinguish, tell apart). (various references)

   

Italian

  

appartarsi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepkay apartay

   

Portuguese

  

separar (branch, break, buddle, calve, detach, disassemble, disband, disconnect, discriminate, disembody, disengage, disestablish, disintegrate, disjoin, dispart, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divvy, insulate, island, outbreak, part, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sort, sort out, sunder, uncouple, unleash, unlink, wean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

guardar de lado, apartar (abduce, alienate, allure, avert, deviate, distract, divert, divide, draw aside, draw away, draw off, fob, head off, hold off, look away, lure away, move aside, move away, move over, push away, refract, separate, set aside, shut off, stave off, take away, throw aside, to deviate, turn aside, turn away). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แยกตัว (hold aloof, seclude). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uzak tutmak (curb, hold at bay, hold off, keep at bay, keep away, keep off, keep out, stand off), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

триматися осторонь (keep aloof, keep away, stand aloof). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Keep Apart

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

distenti, distentionem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Keep Apart

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-k-p-p-r-t"

-1 letter: parakeet.

-2 letters: parapet, partake, pretape.

-3 letters: aerate, appear, karate, rappee, repeat, retake, retape, tapper.

-4 letters: apart, apeak, apeek, apter, areae, arete, eater, etape, kappa, karat, kreep, paper, parae, parka, pater, peart, perea, peter, prate, rakee, reata, taker, taper.

-5 letters: akee, aper, arak, area, atap, kapa, kart, kata, keep, keet, kept, papa, para, pare, park, part.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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