to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.

Medicine/Medical . to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.

Chemistry, Bacteriology . to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.

Electricity . to insulate.

Television . to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.

a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.

Psychology . a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.

Biology . an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.

Also called language isolate. Linguistics . a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.

something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process

an isolate of soy flour.

isolated; alone.

verb

include , incorporate , integrate , join , mingle

verb

abstract , block off , close off , confine , detach , disconnect , disengage , divide , divorce , insulate , island , keep apart , part , quarantine , remove , seclude , segregate , separate , sequester , sever , sunder , cut off , dissociate , enisle , ghettoize , immure , maroon , set apart

adjective

alone , apart , detached , isolated , lone , removed