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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:

1. set apart from othersplay

  Familiarity information: KEEP APART used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KEEP APART (verb)


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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