isolate
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/ verb C1- To set apart or cut off from others.
- To place in quarantine or isolation.
- To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- To self-isolate.
He/she/it isolates · Past isolated · Past participle isolated · -ing form isolating
Verb forms
- Base form
- isolate
- He/she/it
- isolates
- Past
- isolated
- Past participle
- isolated
- -ing form
- isolating
From the library
This house, isolated from the rest, had, besides the main entrance, another in the Rue de Ponthieu.
There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.
It was evening of a dull, foggy November day when, having left our bags at the "Chequers," Lamberley, we drove through the Sussex clay of a long winding lane, and finally reached the isolated and ancient farm-house in which Ferguson dwelt.
“Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea.”
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