American English pronunciation
How to pronounce bifurcate
IPA transcription: ['bɪfɚ,keɪt]
Pronunciation variants: ['bɪfɚ,keɪt]['baɪfɚ,keɪt]
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Verb
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split or divide into two
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divide into two branches
“The road bifurcated”
Adjective
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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”
Usage examples
- Wider bifurcated wrap-skirt hakama were for horse-back riding.
- It was further bifurcated when Sirsa district was created entirely out of Hisar District.
- The afferent of the muscle spindle bifurcates in the spinal cord.
- The neural spines were bifurcated along their entire length, forming a double row.