stratify

verb

1. divide society into social classes or castes

- Income distribution often stratifies a society

Definition categories: social, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell

2. form layers or strata

- The rock stratifies

Definition categories: change, arrange

3. develop different social levels, classes, or castes

- Society stratifies when the income gap widens

Definition categories: social, change

4. form, arrange, or deposit in layers

- The fish are stratified in barrels

- The rock was stratified by the force of the water

- A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses

Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set

5. render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand

- stratify seeds

Definition categories: body, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate