English to English
verb
- divide society into social classes or castes
Income distribution often stratifies a society.
source: WordNet 3.0
- form layers or strata
The rock stratifies.
source: WordNet 3.0
- develop different social levels, classes, or castes
Society stratifies when the income gap widens.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
Stratify seeds.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
source: Webster 1913
