separating

Pluralseparatings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of separate. Use it for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   The farmer is separating the lambs from the ewes this morning.

   Separating the trash into bins helps the recycling center.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A single act of splitting or pulling something apart.

   The separating of the two groups took only a few minutes.

   We watched the slow separating of the cream from the milk.

   Similarseparation, parting, division, splitting, detachment

   Oppositejoining, merging, union

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3. 3
   adjective

   Able to come completely apart into two halves, not just open partway.

   Two sleeping bags with separating zippers can be zipped together into one big bag.

   The tent door has a separating zipper, so the whole door can open and be tied to one side.

   Similaropen-ended

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