Definitions for stratified

(divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society")

(form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies")

(develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens")

(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")

(render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds")

(arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution")

(deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock")

((used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified")