apart (
http://definr.com/apart)
adj 1: remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over
the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because
they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny
isolated villages remote from centers of
civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn:
apart(p),
isolated,
obscure]
2: not living together as man and wife; "decided to live
apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are
separated" [syn:
apart(p),
separate,
separated]
3: having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists
felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush [syn:
apart(p)]
adv 1: separated or at a distance in place or position or time;
"These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his
legs apart"; "born two years apart"
2: not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all
joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn:
aside]
3: away from another or others; "they grew apart over the
years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness";
"decided to live apart"
4: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had
a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a
day set aside for relaxing" [syn:
aside]
5: one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"
6: into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart";
"split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn:
asunder]