stratify Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb divide society into social classes or castes
   
   • Income distribution often stratifies a society
2. verb form layers or strata
   
   • The rock stratifies
3. verb develop different social levels, classes, or castes
   
   • Society stratifies when the income gap widens
4. verb 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. verb render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
   
   • stratify seeds

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