'Bifurcate' definitions:
Definition of 'bifurcate'
(from WordNet)
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: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy]
verb
Split or divide into two
verb
Divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
Definition of 'Bifurcate'
From: GCIDE
- Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.]
- 1. Two-pronged; forked. [1913 Webster]
- 2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated populations
- Syn: chesty. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Bifurcate'
From: GCIDE
- Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i. To divide into two branches. [1913 Webster]