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   fork

   /fɔːk/

   noun

   • 1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
   • ▪ a farm or garden tool with three or four prongs, used for digging or lifting.
   • ▪ denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork, while standing: "a hot fork buffet"
   • 2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts: "turn right at the next fork"
   • ▪ either of two forked parts: "the left fork goes on to the village"
   • 3. each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
   • 4. a flash of forked lightning.
   • 5. a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one.

   verb

   • 1. (especially of a route) divide into two parts: "the place where the road forks"
   • ▪ take or constitute one route or the other at the point where a route divides: "we forked north-west for Rannoch"
   • ▪ split (a process) into two or more independent processes: "the attack can only work against a server that forks separate processes to handle client requests"
   • 2. dig or move (something) with a fork: "fork in some compost"
   • 3. attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one: "he has forked my bishop and knight"

   Word Origin Old Englishforca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).

   Derivatives

   • 1. forkful noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • K

     5

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFORK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with: knife and fork She brought an extra plate, and knife and fork to the table. Eskay Lim/EyeEm/GettyImages. Fewer examples. She prodded the cake with her fork to see if it was cooked. Prick the skin of the potatoes with a fork before baking them.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › forkFork Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging. 2. : a forked part, tool, or piece of equipment. 3. a. : a division into branches or the place where something divides into branches. b. : confluence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › forkFORK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Fork definition: an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., such as a utensil for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.. See examples of FORK used in a sentence.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › forkFork - definition of fork by The Free Dictionary

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   1. A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food. 2. An implement with two or more prongs used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging. 3. a. A bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts. b. The point at which such a bifurcation or separation occurs: a fork in a road. c.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFORK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   an instrument of greatly varying size with a handle at one end and two or more pointed prongs at the other: forks are variously used as eating utensils and for pitching hay, breaking up soil, etc.

7. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › forkfork | meaning of fork in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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   fork meaning, definition, what is fork: a tool you use for picking up and eating...: Learn more.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionfork noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   fork (of something) a thing that is like a fork in shape, with two or more long parts. a jagged fork of lightning; a monkey sitting in the fork of the tree; see also tuning fork; either of two metal supporting pieces into which a wheel on a bicycle or motorcycle is fitted