DIVARICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does divaricate mean? 

• DIVARICATE (verb)
  The verb DIVARICATE has 2 senses:

1. branch off

2. spread apart

  Familiarity information: DIVARICATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVARICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they divaricate    ... he / she / it divaricates   
Past simple: divaricated   
Past participle: divaricated   
-ing form: divaricating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch off

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The road divaricates here

Hypernyms (to "divaricate" is one way to...):

diverge (extend in a different direction)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spread apart

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

divaricate one's fingers

Hypernyms (to "divaricate" is one way to...):

open; spread; spread out; unfold (spread out or open from a closed or folded state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something