Definition of: segregate

(seg′rə·gāt) v. ·gat·ed, ·gat·ing v.t.
1. To place apart from others or the rest; isolate.
—v.i.
2. To separate from a mass and gather about nuclei or along lines of fracture, as in crystallization or solidification.
3. To undergo segregation.
—adjective
1. Separated or set apart from others; select.
2. Simple; solitary; not compound. [<L segregatus, pp. of segregare separate <se- apart + grex, gregis a flock]
—seg′re·ga′tive adjective
—seg′re·ga′tor noun