fork

noun

  1. 1

    the act of branching out or dividing into branches

  2. 2

    cutlery used for serving and eating food

  3. 3

    an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

  4. 4

    the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

  5. 5

    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

verb

  1. 1

    shape like a fork

    She forked her fingers

  2. 2

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    The road forks

  3. 3

    place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

  4. 4

    lift with a pitchfork

    pitchfork hay

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