separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
<verb.social> This neighborhood is segregated We don't segregate in this county
divide from the main body or mass and collect
<verb.contact> 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
<verb.change> the sun segregates the carbon large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, a. [L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. Separate; select.
2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind.
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Segregated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Segregating}.] To separate from others; to set apart.
They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. --I. Taylor.
Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, 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.
They grow almost everywhere, but you should segregate the varieties in separate clumps because they flower at different seasons.
The government has declared all whites-only beaches open to blacks and will repeal the law that allows local officials to segregate public facilities, President F.W. de Klerk announced today.
The laws include regulations that deny the black majority the vote and segregate residential areas and health services.
It is essential to delineate and, when necessary, segregate U.S. efforts that promote humanitarian assistance, economic growth, and short-term political stability.
The prevailing mood may also lead businesses such as restaurants to segregate their smoking customers.
Cohen showed how to segregate potentially dangerous materials, like chemicals, flares, batteries and fire extinguishers into a separate pile.
In the autumn of 1985, the principal of Warwick's Oakland Beach Elementary School decided to segregate the sexes during recess periods because of fighting between boys and girls.
So ACT on dividends has expanded disproportionately to the domestic corporation tax liability. One approach, to segregate the distribution of overseas profits through FIDs, is logical, although the details have yet to be clarified.
Suits are pending in two other states that segregate.
More than 2,000 people have been arrested for disobeying laws that segregate hospitals, beaches and buses, and for defying restrictions on speech and political activity.
Dr. Robert Bernstein, the Texas health commissioner, opposed testing prisoners for AIDS because most state correctional systems can't segregate AIDS victims from other inmates.
The current student body seems little affected by extremists' campaigns to segregate male and female students, or to have Muslim women wear the Islamic veil.
Modifying or repealing the remaining legislative cornerstones of apartheid, the laws which classify South Africans by race, allow municipalities to segregate public facilities, and establish segregated residential districts.
Smitherman contends Mrs. Sanders and the protesters are trying to segregate the schools.