stratify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
divide society into social classes or castes
Income distribution often stratifies a society
Types & categories
- differentiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- stratification derivation
- stratum derivation
- social stratification derivation
- stratify verb group
Sense 2 verb
form layers or strata
The rock stratifies
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- stratum derivation
- stratification derivation
- geology domain topic
- stratify verb group
Sense 3 verb
develop different social levels, classes, or castes
Society stratifies when the income gap widens
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- stratification derivation
- social stratification derivation
- stratify verb group
Sense 4 verb
form, arrange, or deposit in layers
The fish are stratified in barrels
Types & categories
- put hypernym
- interstratify hyponym
Related & opposite
- stratification derivation
- stratify verb group
- stratify verb group
Sense 5 verb
render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
stratify seeds
Types & categories
- inseminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- stratification derivation
- stratify verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratum |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | social stratification |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | differentiate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratum |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratification |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | social stratification |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratification |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | interstratify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stratification |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | stratify |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | inseminate |