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absondern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • isolate verb To separate someone or something from others.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • segregate adj Kept apart from others, or specially chosen.
  • separate verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
  • sequester verb To keep someone or something away from all outside contact or influence.

Senses

absondern is used for these senses in English:

  • break out (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.
  • isolate (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
  • segregate (transitive) To separate.
  • separate (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  • sequester To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

isolate — full definition

  1. verb To separate someone or something from others.
  2. verb To separate a single substance or organism from a mixture, in science.

secrete — full definition

  1. verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  2. verb To hide something in a safe or concealed place.
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