forking
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the place where something divides into branches
Types & categories
- angularity hypernym
- bifurcation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- ramification part meronym
Related & opposite
- furcate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of branching out or dividing into branches
Types & categories
- division hypernym
- bifurcation hyponym
- trifurcation hyponym
- divarication hyponym
- fibrillation hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ramification |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | angularity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bifurcate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bifurcate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trifurcation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | divarication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fibrillation |