Understanding the meaning of segregate

segregate

/'sɛgrə,ɡeɪt/

verb
divide from the main body or mass and collect
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"Many towns segregated into new counties" "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"

type of:
divide separate part
verb
separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
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"This neighborhood is segregated" "We don't segregate in this county"
Opposite:

desegregate

type of:
single out discriminate separate
verb
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
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"the sun segregates the carbon" "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

type of:
insulate isolate
noun
someone who is or has been segregated
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type of:
person individual someone mortal soul somebody

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