ALL meanings of isolate
i·so·late
I i - noun isolate Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others. 1
- verb with object isolate to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone. 1
- verb with object isolate Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine. 1
- verb with object isolate Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state. 1
- verb with object isolate Electricity. to insulate. 1
- verb with object isolate Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup. 1
- noun isolate a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study. 1
- noun isolate Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group. 1
- transitive verb isolate from other people 1
- noun isolate Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers. 1
- transitive verb isolate separate 1
- noun isolate Also called language isolate. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque. 1
- noun isolate separated thing 1
- noun isolate something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process: an isolate of soy flour. 1
- transitive verb isolate separate substances 1
- adjective isolate isolated; alone. 1
- abbreviation ISOLATE insulate 1
- transitive verb isolate quarantine 1
- verb isolate To isolate a person or organization means to cause them to lose their friends or supporters. 0
- verb isolate If you isolate yourself, or if something isolates you, you become physically or socially separated from other people. 0
- verb isolate If you isolate something such as an idea or a problem, you separate it from others that it is connected with, so that you can concentrate on it or consider it on its own. 0
- verb isolate To isolate a substance means to obtain it by separating it from other substances using scientific processes. 0
- verb isolate To isolate a sick person or animal means to keep them apart from other people or animals, so that their illness does not spread. 0
- verb isolate to place apart; cause to be alone 0
- verb isolate to quarantine (a person or animal having or suspected of having a contagious disease) 0
- verb isolate to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form 0
- verb isolate to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease) 0
- verb isolate to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate 0
- noun isolate an isolated person or group 0
- verb transitive isolate to set apart from others; place alone 0
- verb transitive isolate to separate (an element or compound) in pure form from substances with which it is combined or mixed 0
- verb transitive isolate to place (a patient) apart from others to prevent the spread of infection 0
- verb transitive isolate to grow a pure culture of (a microbe), usually as individual colonies on a solid medium 0
- adjective isolate of or relating to someone or something that is set apart 0
- noun isolate a person or group that is set apart 0
- noun isolate a person who is separated from normal social activity, as through choice, rejection, psychological problems, etc. 0