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Meaning of FURCATE

Pronunciation:  'furkeyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
 
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 Synonyms: branch, fork, ramify, separate
 
 See Also: arborise, arborize, bifurcate, branch out, broaden, diverge, diversify, trifurcate, twig

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fur"cate\, Furcated \Fur"ca*ted\, a. [L. furca fork.
See {Fork}.]
Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
 
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 Related Terms: akimbo, angle, angle off, angular, arboreal, arborescent, arboriform, bend, bent, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branch, branch out, branched, branching, branchlike, cornered, crank, crook, crooked, crotched, dendriform, dendritic, divaricate, elbow, fork, forked, forking, forklike, furcal, geniculate, geniculated, hook, hooked, jagged, knee-shaped, pointed, pronged, ramify, ramous, sawtooth, saw-toothed, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, stem, swerve, treelike, tree-shaped, tridentlike, trifurcate, trifurcated, veer, V-shaped, Y-shaped, zag, zig, zigzag
 

 

 

 

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