stratify

Verb
  1. Divide society into social classes or castes (synset 202518474)
    "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
    is a type of: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart - mark as different
    verb group: stratify - develop different social levels, classes, or castes
  2. Form layers or strata (synset 200508033)
    "The rock stratifies"
    referred to in: geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
    verb group: stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers
  3. Develop different social levels, classes, or castes (synset 202518714)
    "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    verb group: stratify - divide society into social classes or castes
  4. Form, arrange, or deposit in layers (synset 201311341)
    "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"
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
    subtypes: interstratify - arrange rocks in alternating strata
    verb group:
    • stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
    • stratify - form layers or strata
  5. Render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand (synset 200052562)
    "stratify seeds"
    is a type of: fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female)
    verb group: stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers

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