forking
Meaning of forking
- (especially of a route) divide into two parts.
the place where the road forks
- dig or move (something) with a fork.
fork in some compost
- 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 forking
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of forking
fork-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- forking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
forking synonyms
Meaning furcation:
Meaning branching:
Meaning (of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions:
Meaning divide or cause to divide into parts or elements:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit):
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning (of two things) move away from each other:
Meaning (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction:
Meaning divide into two branches or forks:
Meaning divide into two or more branches; fork:
Meaning stretch or spread apart; diverge widely:
Meaning form branches or offshoots:
Words that rhyme with forking
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