"segregate" in the noun sense
1. segregate
someone who is or has been segregated
"segregate" in the verb sense
1. segregate
separate by race or religion practice a policy of racial segregation
"This neighborhood is segregated"
"We don't segregate in this county"
2. segregate
divide from the main body or mass and collect
"Many towns segregated into new counties"
"Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
3. segregate
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"
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