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KEEP APART
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Dictionary entry overview: What does keep apart mean?
• KEEP APART (verb)
The verb KEEP APART has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: KEEP APART used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set apart from others
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
isolate; keep apart; sequester; sequestrate; set apart
Context example:
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Hypernyms (to "keep apart" is one way to...):
disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
Once apart from him, I was determined to keep apart; and we walked back, side by side, saying very little more by the way.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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