n.
1.the act of dividing or disconnecting
2.coming apart
3.the state of lacking unity
4.the distance between things
5.sorting one thing from others
6.the social act of separating or parting company
7.the space where a division or parting occurs
8.termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
9.(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Idiom of the Day
put the screws to (someone)
to try to force someone to do or say what you want
The police put the screws to the criminal to try and get some information from him.
