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fork

noun

1 fork

Cutlery used for serving and eating food.

Dutch: splitsing, vork
Polish: widelec

2 fork

The act of branching out or dividing into branches.

synonyms: branching, forking, ramification.

Roget 91: bisection, bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy; halving etc. v.; dimidiation.    bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, ... show more

Dutch: splitsing, vertakking

3 fork

The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches:
— They took the south fork.

synonym: crotch.

Roget 244: angularity, angularness; aduncity; angle, cusp, bend; fold etc. 258; notch etc. 257; fork, bifurcation.    ... show more

Dutch: aftakking
Polish: widły

4 fork

An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs.

Dutch: splitsing, vork
Polish: widełki

5 fork

The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk.

synonym: crotch.

Dutch: vork, fork
Polish: krok, krocze

verb

1 fork

Lift with a pitchfork:
— Pitchfork hay.

synonym: pitchfork.

Roget 244: bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle.   

2 fork

Place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces.

3 fork

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork:
— The road forks.

synonyms: branch, furcate, ramify, separate.

Roget 91: bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize.    go halves, divide with.    separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, ... show more

Dutch: gevorkt, afsplitsen, aftakken, vertakken

4 fork

Shape like a fork.


Moby thesaurus: L, V, affluent, angle, angle off, apex, bail, bayou, bend, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, billabong, bine, bisect, bough, bowl, branch, branch out, branchedness ... show more.

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