Segregate meaning

What does “segregate” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“segregate” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: someone who is or has been segregated.

segregate

separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
“This neighborhood is segregated”
“We don't segregate in this county”
Oppositesdesegregate
divide from the main body or mass and collect
“Many towns segregated into new counties”
“Experiments show clearly that genes 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”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University