Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

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Kite :: Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail..
Y :: Y (n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) The place where a stem or vein is forked.
Trichotomous :: Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem..
Interrupter :: Interrupter (n.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself..
Biforked :: Biforked (a.) Bifurcate.
Fecifork :: Fecifork (n.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.
Forked :: Forked (imp. & p. p.) of For.
Forking :: Forking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of For.
Tang :: Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle..
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Earthfork :: Earthfork (n.) A pronged fork for turning up the earth.
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..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Shakefork :: Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Trisulcate :: Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..
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