Segregate Definition

sĕgrĭ-gāt

segregated, segregates, segregating

verb

segregated, segregates, segregating

To separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body.

Webster's New World

To set apart from others or from the main mass or group; isolate; specif., to impose a system of segregation on (racial groups, social facilities, etc.)

Webster's New World

To separate from others; be segregated.

Webster's New World

To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.

American Heritage

To become separated or distinguished.

Animals that segregate into male and female herds when not in mating season.

American Heritage Medicine

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adjective

Separated; isolated.

American Heritage Medicine

Separate; set apart; segregated.

Webster's New World

(botany) Separated from others of the same kind.

Wiktionary

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noun

One that is or has been segregated.

American Heritage Medicine

A segregated person, thing, group, etc.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Segregate

Latin sēgregāre sēgregāt- sē- apart s(w)e- in Indo-European roots grex greg- flock ger- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition