simple past tense and past participle of separate

Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart. / (of spouses) Estranged; living apart but not divorced.

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). / (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).

(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. / (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. / (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

(usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.

The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. / The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.

An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. / A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.

In a separate manner; not together; apart.

present participle and gerund of separate

An instance of separating.