1. separating or setting apart from others or from the main body or group
Usage: present participle of segregate
2. enforcing the separation of different racial groups in schools, housing, or public facilities
Usage: historical context; civil rights

Examples

• The school was segregating students by ability level for math classes.
• The company is segregating its waste into recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
• Laws segregating public facilities were declared unconstitutional.
• The researcher is segregating the data by age groups for analysis.
• They are segregating the infected animals from the healthy ones.
• The policy of segregating neighborhoods by race was widely practiced.
• The teacher is segregating the class into small discussion groups.