| Main Entry: | fork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go separate ways |
Synonyms: |
angle, bifurcate, branch off, branch out, divaricate, diverge, divide, part, split |
Antonyms: |
join |
| Main Entry: | forked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | going separate ways |
Synonyms: |
angled, bifid, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, dichotomous, dichotonic, divaricate, divided, furcate, furcated, pronged, split, tined, tridented, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
joined, unbranched |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
Synonyms: |
V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | bisect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide in two |
Synonyms: |
bifurcate, branch off, cleave, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, divide in two, fork, furcate, halve, hemisect, intersect, separate, split, split down the middle |
Antonyms: |
combine, join |
| Main Entry: | branch off/branch out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend beyond main part |
Synonyms: |
add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread out |
Antonyms: |
lessen, shrink |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
Synonyms: |
bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go in different directions |
Synonyms: |
bend, bifurcate, branch, branch off, depart, deviate, digress, divagate, divaricate, divide, excurse, fork, part, radiate, ramble, separate, split, spread, stray, swerve, veer, wander |
Antonyms: |
agree, converge, join, parallel |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | split |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break up, pull apart |
Synonyms: |
bifurcate, branch, break, burst, cleave, come apart, come undone, crack, dichotomize, disband, disjoin, dissever, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce, fork, gape, give way, go separate ways, hack, isolate, open, part, part company, put asunder, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slash, slit, snap, splinter, sunder, tear, whack |
Antonyms: |
combine, join, pull together |
| Main Entry: | branch off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
Synonyms: |
add to, branch out, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread |
Antonyms: |
condense, contract, cut, decrease, lessen, shorten |