divaricate

divaricate is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. intransitive verb. To diverge; to be divaricate.
3. transitive verb. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
4. adjective. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
5. adjective. Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
6. verb. spread apart

   "divaricate one's fingers"

7. verb. branch off

   "The road divaricates here"

Common word forms

divaricated, divaricately, divaricating

Words from these letters

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