segregate

  • 21segregate — I. verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare, from se apart + greg , grex herd more at secede Date: 1542 transitive verb 1. to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass ; isolate …

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  • 22segregate — n. [L. segregare, to separate] An individual that differs in some genetic characters from the parental stock due to segregation of genes …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 23segregate — 1. adjective a) Separate; select. b) Separated from others of the same kind. 2. verb To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart. Syn: sequester, sunder out …

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  • 24segregate — seg·re·gate seg ri .gāt vi, gat·ed; gat·ing to undergo genetic segregation seg·re·gate gət n an individual or class of individuals differing in one or more genetic characters from the parental line usu. because of segregation of genes …

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  • 25segregate — verb ADVERB ▪ strictly PREPOSITION ▪ according to, by ▪ Jobs were strictly segregated by gender. ▪ from …

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  • 26segregate — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, alien, alienate, analyze, anatomize, apart, atomize, bolt, cast off, cast out, change, choose, chop logic, close off, contradistinguish, cordon, cordon off, cull out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete,… …

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  • 27segregate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. separate, set or keep apart, single out, discriminate; quarantine, isolate; exclude. See exclusion, disjunction.Ant., desegregate, unite. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. isolate, sever, split up; see… …

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  • 28segregate — seg·re·gate || segrɪgeɪt n. person or thing that is secluded, isolated person or thing v. divide, separate, differentiate; be divided, be differentiated, be separated …

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  • 29segregate — verb sɛgrɪgeɪt 1》 set apart from the rest or from each other. 2》 separate along racial, sexual, or religious lines. 3》 Genetics (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes. noun sɛgrɪgət 1》… …

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  • 30segregate — I. a. Separate, select. II. v. a. Separate, dissociate, part, insulate, isolate, set apart …

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