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adj
Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cloven, forked
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fork or branch out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: branch, ramify, fork, separate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diverge
Narrower terms: arborize, arborise, twig, bifurcate, trifurcate
History
From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French fourchu. The verb was formed by metanalysis or as if from Latin furcō (“to fork”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
