Odd and Separate

adjective

• Not divisible by two.
  • synonyms: uneven
• Not easily explained.
  • usage: "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"
• An indefinite quantity more than that specified.
  • usage: "invited 30-odd guests"
• Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
  • usage: "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • synonyms: curious, funny, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
• Of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e. G..
  • synonyms: unmatched, unmated, unpaired
• Not used up.
  • usage: "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
  • synonyms: leftover, left over, left, remaining, unexpended

• (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
• (superl.) Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
• (superl.) Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
• (superl.) Not paired with another or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
• (superl.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.

• Norse: Point
• Norwegian: Possibly derived from Old Norse oddr meaning "point of a sword"

noun

• A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.
  • synonyms: offprint, reprint
• A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.

verb

• Act as a barrier between; stand between.
  • usage: "The mountain range divides the two countries"
  • synonyms: divide
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: disunite, divide, part
• Mark as different.
  • usage: "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
  • synonyms: distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Separate into parts or portions.
  • usage: "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
  • synonyms: divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up
• Divide into components or constituents.
  • usage: "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
• Make a division or separation.
  • synonyms: divide
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: part, split up, split, break, break up
• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: part, split
• Become separated into pieces or fragments.
  • usage: "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
  • synonyms: break, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
  • synonyms: discriminate, single out
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: divide, part
• Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
  • usage: "The road forks"
  • synonyms: branch, ramify, fork, furcate

adjective

• Independent; not united or joint.
  • usage: "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
• Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything.
  • usage: "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"
  • synonyms: freestanding
• Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion.
  • usage: "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
• Have the connection undone; having become separate.
  • synonyms: disjoined

• (v.t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
• (p.a.) Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
• (p.a.) Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
• (v.i.) To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
• (v.t.) To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
• (p.a.) Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
• (v.t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.