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fork

/ fork /

noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

cutlery used for serving and eating food

Type of:

cutlery eating utensil

Kinds of:

carving fork salad fork tablefork toasting fork

noun Sense 2

an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

Type of:

tool

Kinds of:

hayfork

Derived:

pitchfork

verb Sense 3

shape like a fork

"She forked her fingers"

Type of:

shape form

Derived:

branch leg ramification

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 4

place under attack with one''s own pieces, of two enemy pieces

Type of:

attack aggress

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Domain:

chess chess game

noun Sense 5

the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

Type of:

angle

Has parts:

body organic structure physical structure

noun Sense 6

a part of a forked or branching shape

"he broke off one of the branches"

"they took the south fork"

Type of:

subfigure

Kinds of:

bifurcation brachium

Has parts:

furcation forking

Derived:

ramify branch furcate separate

verb Sense 7

lift with a pitchfork

"pitchfork hay"

Type of:

lift

Derived:

pitchfork

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 8

the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Type of:

division

Kinds of:

bifurcation trifurcation divarication fibrillation

Derived:

branch ramify furcate separate bifurcate

verb Sense 9

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

Type of:

diverge

Kinds of:

arborize arborise twig bifurcate trifurcate

Derived:

furcation forking branching ramification branch

Verb group:

ramify branch

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cutlery eating utensil carving fork salad fork tablefork toasting fork tool hayfork shape form attack aggress