To separate or set apart from others or from the main group. The policy was designed to segregate students based on their academic performance.
To isolate or divide along racial, sexual, or other lines. The law was intended to segregate public facilities by race.
Biology, Genetics: (of alleles, chromosomes, etc.) to separate from each other during cell division According to Mendel’s law, the two alleles segregate independently during meiosis.
To become separated from others or to separate out into distinct parts or groups; to partition itself. When the alloy cools slowly, the heavier elements segregate toward the bottom.