ˈbʌɪ.fək.eɪt ˈbʌɪ.fək.eɪt divide into two branches The road bifurcated resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches the biramous appendages of an arthropod long branched hairs on its legs on which pollen collects a forked river a forked tail forked lightning horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots split or divide into two