Segregate Definition & Meaning
segregate
- noun
- someone who is or has been segregated
- verb
- separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"
- 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"
"Segregate" in song lyrics
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"Put me in jail with one you better segregate"
Inner City Posse (D-Lyrical and Violent J) * — Something to Say
Words that rhyme with segregate
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- What does segregate mean?
- someone who is or has been segregated separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" 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"
- What part of speech is segregate?
- Segregate is a noun and a verb.
- How many definitions does segregate have?
- Segregate has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (noun, verb).