Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow..

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Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (v. t.) To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork..
Worrel :: Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown..
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) A table fork.
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Gemul :: Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns..
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
Fork :: 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..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Lappaceous :: Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..
Forcipal :: Forcipal (a.) Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.
Biconjugate :: Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice..
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
Fecifork :: Fecifork (n.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.
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..
Forked :: Forked (a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Two-forked :: Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous..
Biforked :: Biforked (a.) Bifurcate.
Trisulcate :: Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved..
Hake''s-dame :: Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.
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