Separated
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Spaced apart
(2)   No longer connected or joined
"A detached part"
"On one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"
"The separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
(3)   Separated at the joint
"A dislocated knee"
"A separated shoulder"
(4)   Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
"She felt detached from the group"
"Could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson
"Thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"
"Had a set-apart feeling"
(5)   Not living together as man and wife
"Decided to live apart"
"Maintaining separate households"
"They are separated"
WiktionaryText

Adjective



  1. detached; not connected or joined.
  2. estranged; living apart but not divorced.

Usage notes


When used in cooking to describe eggs in which the yolk and white have been disjoined from each other, it is more commonly used in the appositive form (two eggs, separated} than in the usual position for an English adjective (two separated eggs).
 
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