Definition of fork

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Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks..

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Infurcation :: Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..
Clothespin :: Clothespin (n.) A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line..
Y :: Y (n.) Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
Rider :: Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard..
Trifurcated :: Trifurcated (a.) Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Crotch :: Crotch (n.) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree..
Hayfork :: Hayfork (n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
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..
Bigeminate :: Bigeminate (a.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf..
Oarlock :: Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock..
Fork :: Fork (v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil..
Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Graip :: Graip (n.) A dungfork.
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider..
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