English verb: demarcate | |||
1. | demarcate (cognition) separate clearly, as if by boundaries | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
2. | demarcate (cognition) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | ||
Synonyms | delimit, delimitate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | circumscribe, confine, limit | ||