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SEPARATE OFF
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Partition by means of a divider, such as a screen
Example:
screen off this part of the room
Synonyms:
screen off; separate off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "separate off" is one way to...):
partition; zone (separate or apportion into sections)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
