Fork
Definition of Fork
Pronunciation: fôrk | n. | 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. | | 2. | Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. | | 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. | | 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. | | 5. | The gibbet. | | v. i. | 1. | To shoot into blades, as corn. | | 2. | To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. | | v. t. | 1. | To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. |
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