VERB | stative | bifurcate | split or divide into two |
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change | bifurcate | divide into two branches | |
ADJECTIVE | all | bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy | resembling a fork |
Sounds | bay'ferkey.t; bih'ferkey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. | |
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Synonyms | biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy | |
Broader | divided | separated into parts or pieces |
Spanish | ahorquillado, bífido, bifurcado, ramificado, ramoso | |
Catalan | bífid, bifurcat, ramificat, ramós, ramut |
Meaning | Split or divide into two. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Broader | diverge | Extend in a different direction |
Spanish | bifurcarse, bifurcar, se bifurcan | |
Nouns | bifurcation | the act of splitting into two branches |
bifurcation | a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | |
fork | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
Meaning | divide into two branches. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The road bifurcated" | |
Broader | branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
Spanish | bifurcarse | |
Catalan | bifurcar-se | |
Nouns | bifurcation | the act of splitting into two branches |
bifurcation | the place where something divides into two branches | |
bifurcation | a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | |
fork | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
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