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Fork
fɔːk
Fork definitions
noun
fork
forks
- 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"
- 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"
- each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves
- a flash of forked lightning
- a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one
verb
fork
forked
forking
forks
- (especially of a route) divide into two parts
"the place where the road forks"
branch split divide subdivide separate part diverge go in different directions go separate ways bifurcate split in two- 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"
- dig or move (something) with a fork
"fork in some compost"
- attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one
"he has forked my bishop and knight"