SEPARATE OUT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does separate out mean? 

• SEPARATE OUT (verb)
  The verb SEPARATE OUT has 1 sense:

1. remove by passing through a filter

  Familiarity information: SEPARATE OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEPARATE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove by passing through a filter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain

Context example:

filter out the impurities

Hypernyms (to "separate out" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something