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" ;