| ADJECTIVE | all | bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy | resembling a fork |
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| VERB | stative | bifurcate | split or divide into two |
| change | bifurcate | divide into two branches |
| 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 |
| Meaning | Split or divide into two. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | diverge | Extend in a different direction |
| 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 |
| 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 | |