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fork
[fawrk]
noun
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.
something resembling or suggesting this in form.
a division into branches or the point where this division occurs.
Bear left at the fork in the road.
There’s a fork in the decision-making process for these two types of problem.
either of the branches into which a thing divides.
The right fork will also get you to our farm, but by a longer route.
a principal tributary of a river.
Machinery.yoke.
Horology.(in a lever escapement) the divided end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.
the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having two parallel prongs.
the barbed head of an arrow.
verb (used with object)
to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork.
I forked 50 bales into the hay wagon today.
If you fork your lawn, the soil will absorb water more readily.
to make into the form of a fork.
Chess.to maneuver so as to place (two opponent's pieces) under simultaneous attack by the same piece.
She managed to fork my rook and queen, and I lost the rook.
Computers.to copy the source code from (a piece of software) and develop a new version independently, resulting in two unique pieces of software.
They forked the app and added another module.
verb (used without object)
to divide into branches.
Turn left where the road forks.
to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc..
Fork left and continue to the top of the hill.
verb phrase
Informalto hand over; deliver; pay.
Fork over the money you owe me!
fork
/ ɔː /
noun
a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc
an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
a division into two or more branches
the point where the division begins
such a branch
the main tributary of a river
chess a position in which two pieces are forked
verb
(tr) to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
(tr) chess to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
(tr) to make into the shape of a fork
(intr) to be divided into two or more branches
to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- forkless adjective
- forklike adjective
- unfork verb (used with object)
- ˈڴǰڳܱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fork1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fork1
Example Sentences
When she was scouted in 2019, the agency in question asked her to fork out for numerous fees - fees which she now knows agencies do not normally request.
Dense enough to resist a fork, it brought the same satisfaction: a sauce so rich it demanded effort — and rewarded it.
God forbid you mistake the cockroach fork for the rat fork.
His injuries were so severe that he has had to re-learn basic skills such as reading, cleaning his teeth, and holding his knife and fork.
“It’s got some compote in the middle — we may need forks to get in there,” Fey says with glee as she reaches for some.
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