segregate
adjective
1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
noun
1. someone who is or has been segregated
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
verb
1. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
Definition categories: social, discriminate, separate
2. divide from the main body or mass and collect
- Many towns segregated into new counties
- Experiments show clearly that genes segregate
Definition categories: contact, divide, part, separate
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