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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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   • English (US)

     FORK meaning: 1. a small object with three or four points...

   • Znaczenie Fork, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     fork definicja: 1. a small object with three or four points...

   • Fork: Russian Translation

     FORK translate: вилка , вилы , разветвление, развилка ,...

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   A fork is a utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food, or a tool with two or more prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc. A fork can also refer to a bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts, or a point or part at which such a bifurcation occurs.

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