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bivio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crossroads noun A place where two or more roads meet.
  • fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  • frog noun A small tailless amphibian with long hind legs built for jumping and swimming.

Senses

bivio is used for these senses in English:

  • crossroads (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
  • fork (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
  • fork (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
  • frog (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

crossroads — full definition

  1. noun A place where two or more roads meet.
  2. noun A critical decision point or turning point in life or a situation.

fork — full definition

  1. noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  2. noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
  3. noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
  4. verb To split into two or more branches or directions.

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