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Forked

Forked Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Forked? [adj] having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [adj] resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Forked: ambiguous \| bifurcate \| biramous \| branched \| divided \| double \| equivocal \| forficate \| pronged \| prongy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Forked: akimbo \| angular \| arboreal \| arborescent \| arboriform \| bent \| biforked \| bifurcate \| bifurcated \| bisected \| branched \| branching \| branchlike \| cleft \| cloven \| cornered \| crooked \| crotched \| dendriform \| dendritic \| dichotomous \| dimidiate \| divided \| forking \| forklike \| furcal \| furcate \| geniculate \| geniculated \| halved \| hooked \| jagged \| knee-shaped \| pointed \| pronged \| ramified \| ramous \| riven \| sawtooth \| saw-toothed \| serrate \| sharp \| sharp-cornered \| split \| treelike \| tree-shaped \| tridentlike \| trifurcate \| trifurcated \| V-shaped \| Y-shaped \| zigzag See Also \| Forked In Webster's Dictionary \Forked\, a. 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. --Shak. 2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. {Cross forked} (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross double fitch['e]}. A {cross forked of three points} is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points. {Forked counsel}, advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"edly}, adv. -- {Fork"edness}, n.

Forked Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Forked?

[adj] having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
[adj] resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

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Forked In Webster's Dictionary

\Forked\, a.
1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into
   two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated;
   zigzag; as, the forked lighting.

         A serpent seen, with forked tongue.   --Shak.

2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.

{Cross forked} (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are
   divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross
   double fitch['e]}. A {cross forked of three points} is a
   cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp
   points.

{Forked counsel}, advice pointing more than one way;
   ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"ed*ly},
   adv. -- {Fork"ed*ness}, n.

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