fork
fork (fôrk)
noun
- an instrument of greatly varying size with a handle at one end and two or more pointed prongs at the other: forks are variously used as eating utensils and for pitching hay, breaking up soil, etc.
- something resembling a fork in shape tuning fork
- a division into branches; bifurcation
- ☆ the point where a river, road, etc. is divided into two or more branches, or where branches join to form a river, road, etc.
- any of these branches
Etymology: ME forke < OE forca & Anglo-Fr forque (Fr fourche), both < L furca, two-pronged fork
intransitive verb
to divide into branches; be bifurcated where the road forks
transitive verb
- to make into the shape of a fork
- to pick up, spear, or pitch with a fork
- Chess to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously with a single chessman
fork over
☆Informal to pay out; hand over
fork
n.
A furcated implement
table fork, hay fork, pitchfork, manure fork, trident, prong, spear, scepter. A branch of a road or river
bend, turn, crossroad, crotch, tributary, byway, junction, confluence, branch, stream, creek.
Object
- truck: Products are unloaded via fork lift truck or manually.
- tongue: Following a nasty tongue biting accident, Minister was left with a forked tongue, which he still has to this day!
- stanchion: Then pull it up, bringing the fork stanchion with it until it is in the right position, then tighten the clamp bolt.
- buffet: We can cater for a full sit-down meal or provide a more casual finger or fork buffet.
- lightning: Passing huge wild Water Buffalo on the shore, the sky to the west was darkening ominously, with dramatic streaks of fork lightning.
- tail: A being with horns and a forked tail is a myth.
Converse of object
- toast: Although they were key makers, they also in the early days made toasting forks.
- tune: A tuning fork produces a single note - a pure sine wave.
Adjective modifier
- telescopic: Suspension, front Type: 49 mm telescopic fork Describes the type of suspension.
- inverted: Normally, inverted forks are much heavier than conventional forks.
- two-pronged: The two-pronged fork is the ideal attachment for this work.
- hydraulic: Its compliant 27mm hydraulic front fork provides responsive control and a smoothly assured ride in virtually all riding situations.
- right-hand: Take the right-hand fork which runs down to join a track from the left.
- rigid: Fork: Specialized Comp rigid fork with alloy legs.
Modifies a noun
- buffet: Lunch will be held in a private function room with a fork buffet.
- truck: The company was fined £ 30,000 and the fork truck driver was forced to take several weeks off work suffering from stress.
- lift: Met Steve and his fork lift with extending boom.
Noun used with modifier
- replication: In humans, replication forks move at about one hundred base pairs per second.
- suspension: We normally have around 100 bikes on show and a huge range of suspension forks, clothing and accessories.
Particle object:
- quid: It's hard not to be convinced when you've forked out 60 quid!
He found that a fork in his inexperienced hand was an instrument of chase rather than capture.
Browse dictionary entries near fork
- forjudge
- forint
- forgotten
- forgot
- forgo
- forgiving
- forgiveness
- forgiven
- forgive
- forgivable
- forkball
- forked
- forked ringing
- forked tongue
- forklift
- forklift upgrade
- Forlì
- forlorn
- forlorn hope
- form
