| fork | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. fork | cutlery used for serving and eating food. |
| ~ carving fork | a large fork used in carving cooked meat. |
| ~ eating utensil, cutlery | tableware implements for cutting and eating food. |
| ~ prong | a pointed projection. |
| ~ salad fork | a fork intended for eating salads. |
| ~ tablefork | a fork for eating at a dining table. |
| ~ tine | prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler. |
| ~ toasting fork | long-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire). |
| n. (act) | 2. branching, fork, forking, ramification | the act of branching out or dividing into branches. |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| ~ bifurcation | the act of splitting into two branches. |
| ~ trifurcation | the act of splitting into three branches. |
| ~ divarication | branching at a wide angle. |
| ~ fibrillation | act or process of forming fibrils. |
| n. (shape) | 3. crotch, fork | 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" |
| ~ ramification, branch, leg | a part of a forked or branching shape.; "he broke off one of the branches" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. fork | an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs. |
| ~ hayfork | a long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay. |
| ~ prong | a pointed projection. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| n. (body) | 5. crotch, fork | the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| v. (contact) | 6. fork, pitchfork | lift with a pitchfork.; "pitchfork hay" |
| ~ lift | take hold of something and move it to a different location.; "lift the box onto the table" |
| v. (competition) | 7. fork | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces. |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| v. (change) | 8. branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.; "The road forks" |
| ~ branch, ramify | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" |
| ~ arborise, arborize | branch out like trees.; "nerve fibers arborize" |
| ~ twig | branch out in a twiglike manner.; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions" |
| ~ bifurcate | divide into two branches.; "The road bifurcated" |
| ~ trifurcate | divide into three.; "The road trifurcates at the bridge" |
| ~ diverge | move or draw apart.; "The two paths diverge here" |
| v. (change) | 9. fork | shape like a fork.; "She forked her fingers" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
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