MEANING
To divide or split into three branches, or to cause something to do so.
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Words that belong together
- a nerve trifurcates
- trifurcate into three branches
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The tendril trifurcated just before it reached the wrist.
What looked like a single nerve trifurcated beneath the translucent membrane.
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Word forms
- Base
- trifurcate
- Past tense
- trifurcated
- Past participle
- trifurcated
- Present participle
- trifurcating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- trifurcate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are trifurcating
- Present perfect
- have/has trifurcated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been trifurcating
- Past
- trifurcated
- Past continuous
- was/were trifurcating
- Past perfect
- had trifurcated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been trifurcating
- Future
- will trifurcate
- Future continuous
- will be trifurcating
- Future perfect
- will have trifurcated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been trifurcating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: trifurcate; trifurcates; trifurcated; trifurcated; trifurcating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: trifurcates.
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