Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) 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 from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

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Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..
Guidepost :: Guidepost (n.) A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers..
Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Two-forked :: Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous..
Trichotomous :: Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem..
Trisulcate :: Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks..
Fecifork :: Fecifork (n.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.
Gemul :: Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns..
Trisuls :: Trisuls (n.) Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A forked support; a crotch.
Liverwort :: Liverwort (n.) A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond..
Forked :: Forked (imp. & p. p.) of For.
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like..
Sylphid :: Sylph (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus)..
Forking :: Forking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of For.
Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) The place where a stem or vein is forked.
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