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DIVARICATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they divaricate ... he / she / it divaricates
Past simple: divaricated
Past participle: divaricated
-ing form: divaricating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spread apart
Example:
divaricate one's fingers
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Branch off
Example:
The road divaricates here
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "divaricate" is one way to...):
diverge (extend in a different direction)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
