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SEPARATE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does separate out mean? 

SEPARATE OUT (verb)
  The verb SEPARATE OUT has 1 sense:

1. remove by passing through a filterplay

  Familiarity information: SEPARATE OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEPARATE OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove by passing through a filter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain

Context example:

filter out the impurities

Hypernyms (to "separate out" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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