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Stratify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.

v. To preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moist sand or similar material.

v. To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.

v. To separate into a sequence of graded status levels.

verb-intransitive. To become layered; form strata.

verb-intransitive. To develop different levels of caste, class, privilege, or status.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.

v. To separate out into distinct layers or strata.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To form into a layer or layers, as substances in the earth; lay or arrange in strata.

To preserve (tree-seeds) by spreading them in layers alternating with layers of earth or sand.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. form, arrange, or deposit in layers

v. develop different social levels, classes, or castes

v. render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand

v. form layers or strata

v. divide society into social classes or castes

Word Usage

"I continue to object to being read as someone who wants to "stratify" the Gospel of Thomas."

Verb Form

stratified stratifies stratifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change inseminate fertilize fecundate fertilise

Cross Reference

stratigraphic geology

Variant

stratified

Form

stratified stratifying

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

beatify gratify ratify