| v. t. | 1. | To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. |
| Verb | 1. | stratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society" |
| 2. | stratify - form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies" | |
| 3. | stratify - develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens" | |
| 4. | stratify - 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. | stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds" |