Synonyms of the word

bifurcate

• adj. Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
• adj. Having bifurcations.
• v. (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
• v. (transitive) To cause to bifurcate.

biramous

• adj. Branching in two, composed of two branches.

branch

• n. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• n. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
• n. (in particular) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (In the US, branch is a Southern US…
• n. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
• n. A location of an organization with several locations.
• n. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant…
• n. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia…
• n. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
• n. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a…
• n. (computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
• n. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build…
• n. (rail transport) A branch line.
• v. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
• v. (intransitive) To produce branches.
• v. (intransitive) To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a…

branched

• adj. Having branches.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of branch.

diverge

• v. (intransitive, literally of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart;…
• v. (intransitive, literally of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another…
• v. (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or…

divided

• v. simple past tense and past participle of divide.
• adj. separated or split into pieces.
• adj. having conflicting interests or emotions.
• adj. disunited.
• adj. (US) (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median.

forficate

• adj. (zoology) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds.

fork

• n. A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.
• n. (obsolete) A gallows.
• n. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
• n. A tuning fork.
• n. An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
• n. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc…
• n. A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions.
• n. (geography) Used in the names of some river tributaries, e.g. West Fork White River and East Fork White…
• n. (figuratively) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
• n. (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a…
• n. (computer science) A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts…
• n. (computer science) An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into…
• n. (computer science) The, or one of the, software project(s) that underwent changes in such an event; a…
• n. (Britain) Crotch.
• n. (colloquial) A forklift.
• n. The individual blades of a forklift.
• n. (cycling) In a bicycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer…
• v. To divide into two or more branches.
• v. (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
• v. (computer science) To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.
• v. (computer science) To split a (software) project into several projects.
• v. (computer science) To split a (software) distributed version control repository.
• v. (Britain) To kick someone in the crotch.
• v. To shoot into blades, as corn does.
• v. Euphemistic form of fuck.

forked

• adj. That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of fork.

furcate

• adj. Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
• v. To fork or branch out.

pronged

• adj. (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) prongs.

prongy

• adj. Characterised by prongs or a prong-like shape.

ramify

• v. To divide into branches or subdivisions.
• v. (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.

separate

• adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
• adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
• v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
• v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
• v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
• v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
• n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.