Definitions for stratify



Overview of verb stratify

The verb stratify has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) stratify

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

2. (1) stratify

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

3. stratify

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

4. stratify

(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")

5. stratify

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

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