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Definition of fork
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging
2 : a forked part, tool, or piece of equipment
3a : a division into branches or the place where something divides into branches
b : confluence
4 : one of the branches into which something forks
5 : an attack by one chess piece (such as a knight) on two pieces simultaneously
fork
verbforked; forking; forks
Definition of fork (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to divide into two or more branches
where the road forks
2a : to use or work with a fork
b : to turn into a fork
1 : to give the form of a fork to
forking her fingers
2 : to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously
3 : to raise, pitch, dig, or work with a fork
fork hay
4 : pay, contribute —used with over, out, or uphad to fork over $5000
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