Noun segment has 2 senses
  1. section, segment - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
    --1 is a kind of part, portion
    --1 is a part of whole, whole thing, unit
    --1 has particulars:
     bend, curve; dado; leaf; length; straightaway, straight; subsection, subdivision
    Derived form: verb segment1
  2. segment - one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"
    --2 is a kind of
    part, piece
    --2 has particulars: metamere, somite; sarcomere; section; internode
    Derived forms: verb segment2, verb segment1
,Verb segment has 2 senses
  1. segment, section - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
    --1 is one way to separate, divide, part
    Derived forms: noun segment2, noun segment1, noun segmentation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
    --2 is one way to
    separate, divide, part
    Derived form: noun segment2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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