1
[ verb ] separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation

Examples

"This neighborhood is segregated" "We don't segregate in this county"

Used in print

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

Though Americans usually lived in groups segregated by national origin or religious_belief , they liked to work and shop in the noise and vitality of downtown .

2
[ verb ] divide from the main body or mass and collect

Examples

"Many towns segregated into new counties" "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"

Related terms

separate segregation

3
[ verb ] separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others

Examples

"the sun degregates the carbon" "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

Related terms

isolate segregation

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