SEGREGATE

segregate

(noun) someone who is or has been segregated

segregate

(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”

segregate

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

segregate

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

Separate; select.

(botany) Separated from others of the same kind.

(geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

(transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

• isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also segregate

Antonyms

• aggregate

Anagrams

• Easter egg

Source: Wiktionary

Seg"re*gate, a. Etym: [L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See Gregarious.]

1. Separate; select.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Separated from others of the same kind.

Seg"re*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Segregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Segregating.]

Definition: To separate from others; to set apart. They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. I. Taylor.

Seg"re*gate, v. i. (Geol.)

Definition: To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition