radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him"
exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only"
without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo"
isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her though
AMPUTATE
remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
APART
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"
away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
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"
having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
separated or at a distance in place or position or time; "These towns are many miles apar
CROP
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
yield crops; "This land crops well"
prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
the stock or handle of a whip
the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
the yield from plants in a single growing season
DETACH
cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
DISINHERIT
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
ISOLATE
place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
ISOLATED
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
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"
not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
under forced isol
LOP
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
SEVER
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
SHORN
having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"
SNIP
the act of clipping or snipping
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
a bargain
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
STEM
remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
the tube of a tobacco pipe
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ