arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"
originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)
not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments"
very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"
a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
make a division or separation
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"
progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects