1. Form, arrange, or deposit in layers
   "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"
    
2. (geology) form layers or strata
   "The rock stratifies"
    
3. Divide or classify into distinct groups, hierarchical levels, or classes
   "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
    
4. Develop different social levels, classes, or castes
   "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
    
5. Render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
   "stratify seeds"

Derived forms: stratifies, stratified, stratifying

Type of: arrange, change, differentiate, distinguish, fecundate, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, inseminate, lay, place, pose, position, put, secern [rare], separate, set, set up, severalise [Brit, rare], severalize [rare], tell apart

Encyclopedia: Stratify