bifurcate

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('fər-kāt', bī-fûr'-) pronunciation

v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
To divide into two parts or branches.

v.intr.
To separate into two parts or branches; fork.

adj. (-kāt', -kĭt)
Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.

[Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged : bi-, two; see bi-1 + furca, fork.]

bifurcately bi'fur·cate'ly adv.
bifurcation bi'fur·ca'tion n.

To divide into two.

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verb

    To separate into branches or branchlike parts: branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, ramify, subdivide. See part/whole.


Forked or divided into two branches like the letter Y.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To split or divide into two branches.

pronunciation The river bifurcated as it reached the ocean.

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Divided into two branches.

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  • Shapes - bifurcate: (adj) divided into two branches


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - dele i to, forgrene
v. intr. - forgrene sig, dele sig i to
adj. - forgrenet, spaltet

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich afsplitsen, zich delen

Français (French)
v. tr. - bifurquer
v. intr. - bifurquer
adj. - à deux branches

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich gabeln
adj. - gabelförmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακλαδίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
biforcarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - bifurcar

Русский (Russian)
разветвляться, раздваиваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - bifurcar, dividir en dos
v. intr. - bifurcarse, dividirse en dos
adj. - bifurcado, dividido en dos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klyva, dela (sig) i två grenar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使分枝, 使分叉, 分枝, 分叉, 分叉的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使分枝, 使分叉
v. intr. - 分枝, 分叉
adj. - 分叉的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 두 갈래로 나누다
v. intr. - 두 갈래로 나뉘다, 두 가지를 내다
adj. - 두 갈래로 나뉜

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 二叉に分ける
adj. - 二叉の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتفرع, يتشعب, ينشطر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסתעף לשניים‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתעף לשניים‬
adj. - ‮ממוזלג, מסתעף לשניים‬


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