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fork

Nouns

• (n) cutlery used for serving and eating food
• (n) the act of branching out or dividing into branches branching, ramification, forking,
• (n) 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
  crotch,
• (n) an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
• (n) the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk crotch,

Verbs

• (v) lift with a pitchfork
  • pitchfork hay
  pitchfork,
• (v) place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
• (v) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  • The road forks
  furcate, branch, ramify, separate,
• (v) shape like a fork
  • She forked her fingers

Synonyms

pitchfork branching ramification forking crotch furcate branch ramify separate

See also

branch out broaden diversify

Words of close approximity