fork

/fɔ:k/

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Explanation of the Word "Fork"

Definition: The word "fork" can be used as both a noun and a verb, and it has several meanings depending on the context.

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Noun

1. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
2. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
3. the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
   • they took the south fork
   • he climbed into the crotch of a tree
4. the act of branching out or dividing into branches
5. cutlery used for serving and eating food

Verb

1. shape like a fork
   • She forked her fingers
2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   • The road forks
3. place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
4. lift with a pitchfork
   • pitchfork hay

Synonyms

• crotch
• branching
• ramification
• forking
• branch
• ramify
• furcate
• separate
• pitchfork