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