| segregate | (n) someone who is or has been segregated |
| segregate | (v) separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation, Ant. desegregate, Example: This neighborhood is segregated; We don't segregate in this county |
| segregate | (v) divide from the main body or mass and collect, Example: Many towns segregated into new counties; Experiments show clearly that genes segregate |
| segregate | (v) separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others, Example: the sun segregates the carbon; large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims |
| segregation | (n) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes |
| segregation | (n) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups, Syn. separatism |
| segregation | (n) the act of segregating or sequestering, Syn. sequestration, Ant. integration, Example: sequestration of the jury |
| segregationism | (n) a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation |
| segregator | (n) someone who believes the races should be kept apart, Syn. segregationist |
| Segregate | a. [ L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See Gregarious. ] |
| Segregate | v. t. They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Segregate | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Segregation | n. [ L. segregatio: cf. F. ségrégation. ] |