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Fork Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fork? [n] the act of branching out or dividing into branches [n] cutlery used for serving and eating food [n] an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs [n] the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk [n] a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" [v] shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers" [v] divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [v] place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy chess pieces [v] lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fork: branch \| branch \| branching \| crotch \| forking \| furcate \| leg \| pitchfork \| ramification \| ramification \| ramify \| separate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fork: affluent \| angle \| angle off \| apex \| bail \| bayou \| bend \| bifurcate \| bifurcation \| bight \| billabong \| bine \| bisect \| bough \| bowl \| branch \| branch out \| branchedness \| branchiness \| bucket \| burgeon \| by two \| cant \| cast \| catapult \| chevron \| chuck \| chunk \| cleave \| coin \| confluent \| confluent stream \| corner \| crank \| crook \| crotch \| crotchet \| crutch \| cup \| cut in two \| cutlery \| dart \| dash \| deadwood \| decant \| deflection \| delta \| dendritic drainage pattern \| dichotomize \| dimidiate \| dining utensils \| dip \| dish \| dish out \| dish up \| divaricate \| divide \| dogleg \| effluent \| elbow \| ell \| fan \| feeder \| fire \| fission \| flagellum \| flat silver \| flatware \| fling \| flip \| forks \| frond \| furcate \| furcation \| furcula \| furculum \| groin \| halve \| heave \| hollow ware \| hook \| hurl \| hurtle \| in half \| inflection \| inguen \| jerk \| knee \| knives \| L \| ladle \| lance \| launch \| let fly \| limb \| lob \| nook \| offshoot \| pass \| peg \| pelt \| pitch \| pitchfork \| point \| pour \| prong \| put \| put the shot \| quoin \| ramage \| ramification \| ramify \| runner \| sarment \| scion \| scoop \| serve \| shoot \| shovel \| shy \| silver \| silver plate \| silverware \| sling \| slip \| snap \| spade \| spear \| split in two \| spoon \| spoons \| spray \| sprig \| sprit \| sprout \| stainless-steel ware \| stem \| stolon \| subdivide \| sucker \| swerve \| switch \| tablespoon \| tableware \| teaspoon \| tendril \| thallus \| throw \| tilt \| toss \| transect \| tributary \| trident \| trifurcate \| twig \| V \| veer \| vertex \| wishbone \| zag \| zig \| zigzag See Also \| aggress \| angle \| arborise \| arborize \| attack \| bifurcate \| bifurcation \| bifurcation \| body \| brachium \| branch out \| broaden \| carving fork \| cutlery \| divarication \| diverge \| diversify \| division \| eating utensil \| fibrillation \| forking \| form \| furcation \| hayfork \| lift \| organic structure \| physical structure \| prong \| salad fork \| shape \| subfigure \| tablefork \| tine \| toasting fork \| tool \| trifurcate \| trifurcation \| twig Fork In Webster's Dictionary \Fork\ (f[^o]rj), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch['e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. 2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. 3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart. --Shak. A thunderbolt with three forks. --Addison. 4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road. 5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler. {Fork beam} (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur. {Fork chuck} (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work. {Fork head}. (a) The barbed head of an arrow. (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint. {In fork}. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an engine to ``have the water in fork,'' when all the water is drawn out of the mine. --Ure. {The forks of a river} or {a road}, the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place. \Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Forked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forking}.] 1. To shoot into blades, as corn. The corn beginneth to fork. --Mortimer. 2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. \Fork\, v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. --Prof. Wilson. {To fork} {over or out}, to hand or pay over, as money. [Slang] --G. Eliot.

Fork Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fork?

[n] the act of branching out or dividing into branches
[n] cutlery used for serving and eating food
[n] an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
[n] the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
[n] a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
[v] shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"
[v] divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
[v] place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy chess pieces
[v] lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"

Fork In Webster's Dictionary

\Fork\ (f[^o]rj), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf.
{Fourch['e]}, {Furcate}.]
1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank
   terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are
   usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used
   from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at
   the extremity; as, a tuning fork.

3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or
   divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a
   barbed point, as of an arrow.

         Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region
         of my heart.                          --Shak.

         A thunderbolt with three forks.       --Addison.

4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or
   opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a
   river, a tree, or a road.

5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler.

{Fork beam} (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck,
   where hatchways occur.

{Fork chuck} (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs
   for driving the work.

{Fork head}.
   (a) The barbed head of an arrow.
   (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle
       joint.

{In fork}. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an
   engine to ``have the water in fork,'' when all the water
   is drawn out of the mine. --Ure.

{The forks of a river} or {a road}, the branches into which
   it divides, or which come together to form it; the place
   where separation or union takes place.


\Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Forked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Forking}.]
1. To shoot into blades, as corn.

         The corn beginneth to fork.           --Mortimer.

2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree,
   or a stream forks.


\Fork\, v. t.
To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over
with a fork, as the soil.

      Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. --Prof.
                                               Wilson.

{To fork} {over or out}, to hand or pay over, as money.
   [Slang] --G. Eliot.

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