1. a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) • Derivationally related forms: bifurcate • Hypernyms: branch, leg, ramification 2. the place where something divides into two branches • Derivationally related forms: bifurcate • Hypernyms: furcation, forking 3. the act of splitting into two branches • Derivationally related forms: bifurcate • Hypernyms: branching, ramification, fork, forking