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| fork [ fawrk ] |
noun (plural forks) |
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1. utensil for eating: a small, usually metal utensil with a handle and two, three, or four prongs, used for eating or for preparing food
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2. garden or agricultural tool: a garden or agricultural tool with a handle and usually three or four prongs, used for digging, lifting, and turning over
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3. dividing point in road or river: the point where a road or river divides into two or more parts
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4. branch of road or river: one of the branches that a road or river divides into
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5. engineering part of machine: a part of a machine or device that has prongs or is fork-shaped
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6. chess chess position: a chess position in which two pieces are under attack from one of the opponent's pieces, usually the knight
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7. meteorology flash of lightning: a branch or flash of the type of lightning that splits into two branches
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verb (past and past participle forked, present participle fork·ing, 3rd person present singular forks) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb move something with fork: to carry, pick up, dig, or turn something over using a fork
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2. intransitive verb divide into two: to split into two or more branches
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refers to roads and rivers
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3. intransitive verb go along fork: to take one of the branches that a road or river has divided into
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4. transitive verb cause something to branch: to make something into a shape that branches in two
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5. transitive verb chess move piece in chess: to position a chess piece so that it is threatening two of the opponent's pieces at the same time
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| [ Old English forca, via Germanic < Latin furca "pitchfork"] |
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  forked adjective |
| fork·er noun |
| fork·ful [ fáwrk fl ] noun |
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