isolate
v.
seclude, set apart, separate; separate one who is sick from others who are healthy, quarantine (Medicine); extract, remove a pure substance from one that is impure (Chemistry)
Isolate
isolate
Verb
1. place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
(synonym) insulate
(hypernym) discriminate, separate, single out
(hyponym) segregate
(derivation) isolation
2. obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) preisolate
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
3. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
(synonym) sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
4. separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them
(hypernym) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(derivation) isolation
(classification) psychology, psychological science
isolare
v.
isolate, insulate, single out, seclude, shut off, isolate oneself, cut oneself off
isolato
adj.
isolated, detached, secluded, lonely, lone, solitary, private, insulated
isolato (m)
n.
block; isolated person
Isolate
(v. t.)
To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.
(v. t.)
To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
(v. t.)
To insulate. See Insulate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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