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Meaning of 'fork' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fork [ n.]
- 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.
- Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
- 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.
- 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.
- The gibbet.
2 . Fork [ v. i.]
- To shoot into blades, as corn.
- To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
3 . Fork [ v. t.]
- To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.

Meaning of 'fork' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fork [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
Example in sentence:
  • he climbed into the crotch of a tree;
  • they took the south fork
2 . fork [ v]
Meaning (2):
- lift with a pitchfork
Example in sentence:
  • pitchfork hay
Meaning (3):
- shape like a fork
Example in sentence:
  • She forked her fingers
Meaning (4):
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Example in sentence:
  • The road forks

Nearby Words:

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