1.  bifurcate(v = verb.stative) - split or divide into two;
is one way to diverge
Derived forms noun bifurcation₃, noun bifurcation₁, noun fork₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  bifurcate(v = verb.change) - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
is one way to branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate
Derived forms noun bifurcation₃, noun bifurcation₂, noun bifurcation₁, noun fork₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s

   bifurcate(s = adj.all) biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy - 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"

1.  Two-pronged; forked. [1913 Webster]

2.  divided into or made up of two parts. [WordNet 1.5]

   To divide into two branches. [1913 Webster]

bifurcate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. divide into two branches; fork.
--adj. forked; branched.

Etymology:
med.L bifurcare f. L bifurcus two-forked (as BI-, furca fork)

VB  bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.

N  bisection, bipartition, dichotomy, subdichotomy, halving, dimidiation, bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication, fork, prong, fold, half, moiety, bisected, cloven, cleft, bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid, bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated, distichous, dichotomous, furcular, semi-, demi-, hemi.

VB  bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle.

N  angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.