Segregate Segregated Verb Separate Segregation Seg·Re·Gate Segregatus Past

seg·re·gate

I

\\ˈse-gri-ˌgāt\\ verb
(-gat·ed ; -gat·ing)transitive verb
1. to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass :

isolate

2. to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society)
intransitive verb
1.

separate

,

withdraw

2. to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
3. to undergo genetic segregation
• seg·re·ga·tive \\-ˌgā-tiv\\ adjective

II

\\ˈse-gri-gət, -ˌgāt\\ noun: one that is in some respect segregated; especially : one that differs genetically from the parental line because of genetic segregation

segregate
  1540s, from L. segregatus, pp. of segregare "separate from the flock, isolate, divide," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock." Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners.

segregate
seg·re·gate / 5se^ri^eit / verb [VN]
1. ~ sb (from sb) to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way
   隔离并区别对待(不同种族、宗教或性别的人):
   a culture in which women are segregated from men
   妇女受到隔离歧视的文化
   a racially segregated community
   实行种族隔离的社会
   a segregated school (= six for students of six race or religion only)
   单一种族(或信仰)的学校
   OPP 

integrate

2. ~ sth (from sth) to keep six thing separate from another
   (使)分开,分离,隔离:
   In all our restaurants, smoking and non-smoking areas are segregated from each other.
   在我们所有的餐馆中,吸烟区和非吸烟区都是分开的。

segregate verb

seg·re·gate
I. \ˈsegrə̇]gə̇t, -rē], ]ˌgāt, usu -d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to segregate
:
 < the human animals were immovably segregate — G.B.Shaw >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an individual or class of individuals differing in one or more genetic characters from the parental line usually because of segregation of genes
 < attempts to develop tomato segregates resistant to early blight >
2. : a taxonomic unit separated out from another of the same rank
 < segregates from the old genus Agromyza >
III. \]ˌgāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to set apart, segregate, from se- apart (from sed, se without) + greg-, grex flock, herd — more at ,
transitive verb
1. : to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass or main body :
 < the scheme … to segregate in the foreign-aid bill all capital funds for neutrals — Haldore Hanson >
 < resumed his research in segregating the pure vitamin — Current Biography >
 < suggestions … for tracing and segregating the impact of various causal and accentuating factors — Clark Warburton >
2. : to cause or force the separation of (as races or social classes) from the rest of society or from a larger group
 < municipal ordinances meant to segregate races were declared void — Paul Hartmann & Morton Puner >
 < objections were raised to these schools on the ground that they tended to segregate Jewish children — Shlomo Katz >
3. : to remove nondrying components from (a fatty oil) by winterizing or other methods
intransitive verb
1. : to separate or withdraw (as from others or from a main body)
 < observations were made … as to whether the solids and the liquid had segregated — R.A.Heindl & W.L.Pendergast >
 < a community of a million inevitably segregates somewhat into classes … or castes — A.L.Kroeber >
2. : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
 < railroads admit that they segregate — Issue >
 < unwillingness of prison officials to … segregate on an intelligent basis — C.R.Minor >
3. : to separate during meiosis — used especially of allelic genes

 < the two genes at a given locus segregate from one another at meiosis — H.P.Riley >