stratify meaning and definition

STRATIFY verb

Definition of stratify (verb)

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