segregate definition

1. someone who is or has been segregated
2. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
• examples: This neighborhood is segregated
• examples: We don't segregate in this county
3. divide from the main body or mass and collect
• examples: Many towns segregated into new counties
• examples: Experiments show clearly that genes segregate
4. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
• examples: the sun segregates the carbon
• examples: large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims