SEGREGATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does segregate mean?
• SEGREGATE (noun)
The noun SEGREGATE has 1 sense:
1. someone who is or has been segregated
Familiarity information: SEGREGATE used as a noun is very rare.
• SEGREGATE (verb)
The verb SEGREGATE has 3 senses:
1. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
2. divide from the main body or mass and collect
3. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
Familiarity information: SEGREGATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SEGREGATE (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who is or has been segregated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("segregate" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
• SEGREGATE (verb)
Meaning:
Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
This neighborhood is segregated / We don't segregate in this county
Hypernyms (to "segregate" is one way to...):
discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
desegregate (open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups)
Meaning:
Divide from the main body or mass and collect
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
Many towns segregated into new counties / Experiments show clearly that genes segregate
Hypernyms (to "segregate" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
the sun segregates the carbon / large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims
Hypernyms (to "segregate" is one way to...):
insulate; isolate (place or set apart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
