fork

Meaning of fork

noun
  1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
  2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts.
    turn right at the next fork
  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
  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

Old English forca, 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 ).

Information about fork

  • The plural form of fork is: forks.
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Hyphenation of fork

fork

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • fork is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

fork synonyms

Meaning branching:

branching, ramification, forking

Meaning crotch:

crotch

Meaning pitchfork:

pitchfork

Meaning branch:

branch, ramify, furcate, separate

Meaning divide or cause to divide into parts or elements:

split

Meaning separate or be separated into parts:

divide

Meaning divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit):

subdivide

Meaning (of two things) move away from each other:

part

Meaning (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction:

diverge

Meaning divide into two branches or forks:

bifurcate

Meaning stretch or spread apart; diverge widely:

divaricate

Translation of fork

Words that rhyme with fork

shakefork, spittlefork, tablefork, pitchfork, fecifork, pickfork, enfork, unfork, strawfork, hayfork

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