'Fork' definitions:

Definition of 'fork'

(from WordNet)
noun
Cutlery used for serving and eating food
noun
The act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: branching, ramification, fork, forking]
noun
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" [syn: fork, crotch]
noun
An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
noun
The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk [syn: crotch, fork]
verb
Lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: pitchfork, fork]
verb
Place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
verb
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate]
verb
Shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"

Definition of 'Fork'

From: GCIDE
  • Fork \Fork\, v. t. To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. [1913 Webster]
  • Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
  • To fork over To fork out, to hand or pay over, as money; to cough up. [Slang] --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fork'

From: GCIDE
  • Fork \Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Forked; p. pr. & vb. n. Forking.]
  • 1. To shoot into blades, as corn. [1913 Webster]
  • The corn beginneth to fork. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fork'

From: GCIDE
  • Fork \Fork\ (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. Fourch['e], Furcate.]
  • 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. [1913 Webster]
  • Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A thunderbolt with three forks. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler. [1913 Webster]
  • Fork beam (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.
  • Fork chuck (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work.
  • Fork head. (a) The barbed head of an arrow. (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint.
  • In fork. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an engine to "have the water in fork," when all the water is drawn out of the mine. --Ure.
  • The forks of a river or The forks of a road, the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'fork'

From: GCIDE
  • Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fork'

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