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furcate
fur·cate F0368100 (fûr′kāt′)intr.v. fur·cat·ed, fur·cat·ing, fur·cates To divide into branches; fork.adj. Divided into branches; forked. [Late Latin furcātus, forked, from Latin furca, fork.] fur′cate′ly adv.fur·ca′tion n.furcate vb to divide into two parts; fork adj forked; divided: furcate branches. [C19: from Late Latin furcātus forked, from Latin furca a fork] furˈcation nfur•cate (adj. ˈfɜr keɪt, -kɪt; v. -keɪt) adj., v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. adj. 1. forked; branching. v.i. 2. to form a fork; branch. [1810–20; < Latin furc(a) fork + -ate1] fur•ca′tion, n. furcate Past participle: furcated Gerund: furcating
Present | I furcateyou furcatehe/she/it furcateswe furcateyou furcatethey furcate |
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Preterite | I furcatedyou furcatedhe/she/it furcatedwe furcatedyou furcatedthey furcated |
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Present Continuous | I am furcatingyou are furcatinghe/she/it is furcatingwe are furcatingyou are furcatingthey are furcating |
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Present Perfect | I have furcatedyou have furcatedhe/she/it has furcatedwe have furcatedyou have furcatedthey have furcated |
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Past Continuous | I was furcatingyou were furcatinghe/she/it was furcatingwe were furcatingyou were furcatingthey were furcating |
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Past Perfect | I had furcatedyou had furcatedhe/she/it had furcatedwe had furcatedyou had furcatedthey had furcated |
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Future | I will furcateyou will furcatehe/she/it will furcatewe will furcateyou will furcatethey will furcate |
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Future Perfect | I will have furcatedyou will have furcatedhe/she/it will have furcatedwe will have furcatedyou will have furcatedthey will have furcated |
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Future Continuous | I will be furcatingyou will be furcatinghe/she/it will be furcatingwe will be furcatingyou will be furcatingthey will be furcating |
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Present Perfect Continuous | I have been furcatingyou have been furcatinghe/she/it has been furcatingwe have been furcatingyou have been furcatingthey have been furcating |
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Future Perfect Continuous | I will have been furcatingyou will have been furcatinghe/she/it will have been furcatingwe will have been furcatingyou will have been furcatingthey will have been furcating |
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Past Perfect Continuous | I had been furcatingyou had been furcatinghe/she/it had been furcatingwe had been furcatingyou had been furcatingthey had been furcating |
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Conditional | I would furcateyou would furcatehe/she/it would furcatewe would furcateyou would furcatethey would furcate |
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Past Conditional | I would have furcatedyou would have furcatedhe/she/it would have furcatedwe would have furcatedyou would have furcatedthey would have furcated |
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ThesaurusVerb | 1.furcate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"branch, fork, ramify, separatebranch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"arborise, arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"twig - branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"trifurcate - divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge"diverge - move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" |
furcate
furcate[′fər‚kāt] (biology) Forked. furcate
furcate adjective Fork-like, forked.furcate forked or divided.furcate
Synonyms for furcateverb divide into two or more branches so as to form a forkSynonymsRelated Words- branch
- ramify
- arborise
- arborize
- twig
- bifurcate
- trifurcate
- diverge
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