Segregate

['segrɪgeɪt] or ['sɛɡrɪɡet]

Definition

(noun.) someone who is or has been segregated.

(verb.) separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; 'the sun segregates the carbon'; 'large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims'.

(verb.) divide from the main body or mass and collect; 'Many towns segregated into new counties'; 'Experiments show clearly that genes segregate'.

(verb.) separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; 'This neighborhood is segregated'; 'We don't segregate in this county'.

Inputed by Bella--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Separate; select.

(a.) Separated from others of the same kind.

(v. t.) To separate from others; to set apart.

(v. i.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Editor: Rae

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Separate, dissociate, insulate, isolate, set apart, place by itself.

Inputed by Giles

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Separate, select, part, secede, localize, exclude

ANT:Unite, confound, fuse, amalgamate, mix, collect, gather, congregate

Editor: Pedro

Definition

v.t. to separate from others.—adj. separate from others of the same kind: (geol.) separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.—n. Segregā′tion.

Checker: Yale