Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
someone who is or has been segregated;
VERB (3)
1.
separate by race or religion;
practice a policy of racial segregation;
- Example: "This neighborhood is segregated"- Example: "We don't segregate in this county"2.
divide from the main body or mass and collect;
- Example: "Many towns segregated into new counties"- Example: "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"3.
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others;
- Example: "the sun segregates the carbon"- Example: "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, a. [L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare
to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd.
See Gregarious.]
1. Separate; select.
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2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Segregated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Segregating.]
To separate from others; to set apart.
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They are still segregated, Christians from Christians,
under odious designations. --I. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, v. i. (Geol.)
To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers
or along lines of fracture, as in the process of
crystallization or solidification.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
segregate
n 1: someone who is or has been segregated
v 1: separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial
segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't
segregate in this county" [ant: desegregate, integrate,
mix]
2: divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns
segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that
genes segregate"
3: 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"