stratify

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verb

1. divide society into social classes or castes (Freq. 1)
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
• Derivationally related forms:
stratification, stratum
• Hypernyms:
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. form layers or strata (Freq. 1)
- The rock stratifies
• Derivationally related forms:
stratification, stratum
• Topics:
geology
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s something
3. develop different social levels, classes, or castes
- Society stratifies when the income gap widens
• Derivationally related forms:
stratification
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. form, arrange, or deposit in layers
- The fish are stratified in barrels
- The rock was stratified by the force of the water
- A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses
• Derivationally related forms:
stratification
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
interstratify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
- stratify seeds
• Derivationally related forms:
stratification
• Hypernyms:
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something