fork

noun

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\ ˈfȯrk

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

verb

forked; forking; forks

Definition of fork (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

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

transitive verb

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 up had to fork over $5000

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Synonyms & Antonyms for fork

Synonyms: Verb

Antonyms: Verb

converge,
join

Examples of fork in a Sentence

Noun a fork in the road the north fork of the river the front fork of a bicycle Verb The road forks to the north and south. They forked the hay into the loft.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Using tongs, a fork or your hands, dip a piece of bread in the liquid mixture and coat on both sides. — Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, "How to make French toast," 28 Feb. 2021 The notion of Carl Franklin’s Devil in a Blue Dress being a hit feels like a fork in the road moment for Denzel Washington and Hollywood. — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, "Easy Rawlins TV Show May Succeed Where Denzel Washington’s ‘Devil In A Blue Dress’ Stumbled," 24 Feb. 2021 Mash the feta and tomatoes with a fork and mix until evenly combined. — Aaron Hutcherson, Anchorage Daily News, "TikTok’s viral baked tomato and feta pasta is worth the hype," 13 Feb. 2021 After a few somber minutes, a chain was strung between the Achilles tendon and bone of her hind legs, and she was hoisted up on the hay fork of a tractor. — Dallas News, "Becoming a ‘conscious carnivore’: Texas bison harvest shows meat-eaters how to honor the animal," 5 Oct. 2020 The question of whether the president has needed consistent supplemental oxygen is crucial: Requiring such treatment is seen as a fork in the road between a mild infection and a more severe one. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "What President Trump’s emergency COVID-19 therapies say about his condition," 5 Oct. 2020 In the highway there was a fork in the road to Kemerovo and Tomsk. — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, "Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, comatose in a Berlin with suspected poisoning, was under covert surveillance, Russian media reports," 23 Aug. 2020 And with that, Saint Peter Damian closed the book on the fork in Europe for the next four hundred years. — Amy Azzarito, Smithsonian Magazine, "Ten Surprising Facts About Everyday Household Objects," 3 Apr. 2020 Continue cooking, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is fork-tender, 3 to 4 minutes. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, "Soup and a sandwich, the classic combo, becomes so much more with a warming hit of spice," 15 Feb. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Hijinks ensue when Baby Yoda doesn’t know which fork to use. — Jackson Mchenry, Vulture, "Every Show Should Have at Least One Episode With Fred Melamed," 15 Jan. 2021 And although the city will have to fork over some cash, Bernard said taxpayers will be spared because there will be fewer arrests, fewer convictions, and less violence. — Omar Abdel-baqui, Detroit Free Press, "Law enforcement in 2021: From terror plots to surveillance tech, here's what's ahead," 17 Jan. 2021 Dug in four phases starting in 1958, the channel would fork off from the Intracoastal in eastern New Orleans and continue southeastwardly for 40 miles through St. Bernard Parish to Breton Sound. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "acquisition of 1,100 acres," 1 Jan. 2021 Some 330,000 people fork out around $25,000 annually to access Bloomberg’s suite of services: financial-market data; graphing and pricing tools; the ability to chat with other market participants. — The Economist, "Go figure Meet the data firms cashing in on the quant-investing boom," 5 Dec. 2020 Why are retailers willing to fork over the extra money? — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, "Why Is There Financing for Everything Now?," 21 Dec. 2020 Any trees whose trunks fork into two leaders need attention. — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, "For healthy oaks, don't grind down ground-level roots; instead, add more soil to cover them," 9 Dec. 2020 The story picks up with the older J.D. at Yale, interviewing for positions with snooty law firms and feeling conspicuously out of place alongside the blue-blooded, legacy candidates, who know which fork to use. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Hillbilly Elegy' turns J.D. Vance's memoir into a dreary movie," 24 Nov. 2020 Then taxpayers will likely have to fork out more money to remedy the discrimination inflicted on people like Maria Garcia and her Revolución Coffee House. — WSJ, "Oregon Lawmakers Ignore Oregon, U.S. Law," 15 Dec. 2020

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