3 definitions
for bifurcate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
To divide into two branches.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
bifurcate
adj : 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, forficate,
pronged, prongy]
v 1: split or divide into two
2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
