<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing.<ul><li>To separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.</li><li>To require, by law or custom, the separation of (an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group) from the dominant majority.</li><li>(used without object) To separate, withdraw, or go apart; become segregated.</li><li>To practice, require, or enforce segregation, especially racial segregation.</li><li>Genetics: (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A segregated thing, person, or group.</li></ul>