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Bifurcate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Bifurcate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bifurcate [ a.]
- Alt. of Bifurcated
2 . Bifurcate [ v. i.]
- To divide into two branches.

Meaning of 'Bifurcate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bifurcate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- divide into two branches
Example in sentence:
  • The road bifurcated
2 . bifurcate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Example in sentence:
  • a forked river;
  • a forked tail;
  • forked lightning;
  • horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots;
  • long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects;
  • the biramous appendages of an arthropod

Nearby Words:

bifacial bifarious bifariously biferous biffin bifid bifidate bifilar biflabellate biflagellate

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