isolate: Meaning and Definition of

i•so•late

1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
2. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
3. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
4. to insulate.
5. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.

1. a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
2. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
3. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
4. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
5. something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process: an isolate of soy flour.

1. isolated; alone.