bifurcate meaning and definition

BIFURCATE verb

Definition of bifurcate (verb)

1. split or divide into two
2. divide into two branches
   • "The road bifurcated"

BIFURCATE adjective

Definition of bifurcate (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, forked, fork-like, pronged, prongy