bifurcate

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I - verb

1. split or divide into two
• Derivationally related forms:
fork, bifurcation
• Hypernyms:
diverge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. divide into two branches
- The road bifurcated
• Derivationally related forms:
fork, bifurcation
• Hypernyms:
branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

II - adjective

resembling a fork;
divided or separated into two branches
- the biramous appendages of an arthropod
- long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
- a forked river
- a forked tail
- forked lightning
- horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
• Syn:
biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate,
pronged, prongy
• Similar to:
divided
• Derivationally related forms:
prong (for: prongy)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy